About

EDPT 204 is the introductory course for educational media and technology at McGill University (Faculty of Education).

The course reviews :

1. audio-visual education (text, visuals, audio, video, augmented and virtual reality).

2. media and information literacy from kindergarten through university levels.

3. the rationale and underlying principles for the design, production and effective use of media are emphasized using SAM (Successive Approximation Model.

The course takes a studio teaching and project-based learning method. This semester I am using a 'spiral' approach to teaching the course. We come back to the same topic with a different lens several times throughout the course

• Students are introduced to the topic (i.e. books, movies, etc.) through an online (LaunchPad) module.
• We then come back to the topic (several weeks later) through student created media projects & mini presentations.
• Finally while student present & share their media creations we conduct a critical media analysis (Bruzzese & Ott)

Students are expected to view, listen, or read the assigned material BEFORE each class, participate in the classroom and on-line discussions, as well as actively engage in the production activities.

This semester there will be approximately 45/50 minute tech free zone during class (i.e. the media labs) while we engage in face to face Socrative dialogue with each other & in the groups. This means absolutely no technology :) -- paper & pen. I'll explain why during the first class and you will love it !!! Guaranteed.

Class is scheduled on:

Tuesdays --> 6:05PM to 8:55PM - from January 7 to April 7, 2020 in room B129 of the Education Building. 3700 McTavish Street.

Course website: http://bit.ly/edpt204w20 or https://sites.google.com/view/edpt204winter20/home

You will need to create a Twitter (hashtag #edpt204) and a Mighty Network account (https://edpt204w18.mn.co/) for your weekly reflections.

For more info on the course contact Sam Bruzzese at sam.bruzzese@mcgill.ca.

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of this course you will:

• Be able to think critically about the power and influence of media in our daily lives.
• Demonstrate how to foster media literacy in course design and practice from K to university levels.
• Demonstrate instructional design and assessment principles for effectively creating, using, and evaluating a variety of educational media and technology devices.
• Demonstrate your understanding of these principles through the creation and evaluation of learning materials for specific pedagogical objectives (i.e. the Quebec Education Program) when relevant.