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HRE 490 - Foundations of Online Teaching and Learning
This course seeks to build foundational knowledge in several critical areas associated with online teaching and learning and distance education in both higher education and corporate training environments. Major areas of interest covered from a learning perspective include teaching and learning strategies, instructional design, technology and digital media, learner support, and evaluation of students. An additional systems focus of the course is centered on the design, development, and analysis of online programs, including management, administration, and policy
HRE 472 - Learning Technologies
This course, related to Foundation’s Technology and Digital Media Component, is designed to develop learners’ skills in identifying, selecting, and justifying the implementation of learning technologies in the e-learning environment’s overall learning environment design process. The course requires learners to identify existing learning technologies based on sound theoretical frameworks and empirical evidence and to align learning theories, introductory instructional system design models, existing learning technologies, and the learning environment design blueprint together to solve organizational problems (e.g., lagging performance related to learning).
EPSY 408 - Learning and Human Development with Educational Technologies
This course is designed to provide students with a deep understanding of human development and various learning technologies. Topics include behavioral, cognitive, social cognitive, identity, personal-social development, and integration with learning technologies. It aims to develop learners’ skills in identifying, selecting, and justifying the implementation of learning technologies using e-learning applications. The course requires learners to align learning theories, existing learning technologies, and the potential or real learning environment. Students will explore and evaluate a variety of web-based learning technologies. Students will actively engage in learning activities and discussions with their instructor and classmates.
HRE 470 - Design of Learning Systems
In this course, you will be able to apply theoretical concepts and principles in the development of a course in an online learning environment, exploring research on topics directly related to the design process and experiencing the advantages and challenges of working in a design group. In this course, you will assume the role of an instructional designer and work in teams to build an online learning system of our choice.
HRE 474 - Evaluating Learning Technology
This course introduces basic terminology, concepts, standards, and practices of evaluation within the framework of Appreciative Inquiry. The course is project-based, hands-on, and highly practical for those who will be responsible for conducting, or hiring others to conduct, evaluations involving learning technologies. After completing the course, students will able to plan (e.g., create timelines and focus evaluation efforts); implement (develop and field test both appreciative interviews and surveys using appreciative questions); and articulate the what, how, and why of their evaluation project through a formal presentation.
EPS 415 - Informaiton Technology Ethics
In this course, we will address the ethical obligations of professionals and how professionals meet those obligations while also coping with new technologies, such as the use of cell phones, mp3 players, laptops, pagers, television, and other media. The course will start with a broad overview of ethics and decision making. We’ll then apply these principals to the conflicting pressures faced by professionals, as they attempt to make the best possible decisions while also trying to satisfy all the participants in public institutions.
HRE 490 - Management of Online Programs
This course aims to address complex and multifaceted managerial issues associated with the design, development, and implementation of e-learning programs. This course will develop students’ program and cost analysis, benchmarking, needs assessment, and project management, skills to help them initiate, plan, and sustain e-learning programs for various organizations.
HRE 590 - Innovations in E-Learning
In this course you will explore electronic innovations, and specifically Web-based technologies. What is innovation? Innovation produces new ways of doing things. In this course e-innovations refers to new applications for teaching and learning using electronic venues. For example, in the past people used horses to transfer items or transport themselves from one location to another. In 1885, Karl Benz built the first practical automobile for transportation, a technology that would replace the horse and carriage. Also recall how many of us used pencils and pens to communicate our thoughts to someone both near and far years ago. Today, we have many ways of communicating our thoughts and ideas to others through electronic information communication technologies (e.g., word processing, e-mail, text-messaging, blogging, and maintaining wikis). Wikis, blogs, word processors, text messages, and e-mail are all forms of innovations that help us communicate to colleagues, family, and friends.
HRE 495 - Special Study & Investigation
This capstone course is designed to enhance your learning experiences by providing hands-on activities for you to participate in. The capstone project allows you to experience the entire process of reflective project analysis, design, development, and implementation. ePortfolio creation will help you to develop your competencies to the level of the highest cognitive domain.