Educational Technology of Computer Science 173304 (7 ECTS/4 cu)

Tietotekniikan opetusteknologia 173304 (7 op/4 ov)

News

First lectures will be held: January 23, time 14-16, place D106

Contents

  • teaching methods of Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
  • research in Computer Science Education (CSE)
  • computer supported tools, useful software and supportive instruments for CSE (especially online or blended learning)
  • modern ICT-based learning environments in CSE and other domains (eg. robotics, video conferencing)
  • ICT as an integral part of school environments
  • ICT for development of education in future (e.g. developing country contexts)

Goals

  • to learn how to use ICT from education point of view
  • to become acquainted with
    • different teaching and learning tools, software and instruments of educational technology
    • different possibilities of educational technology in CSE
    • the basic computer maintenance questions of schools

Course arrangements

General info
  • course prerequisites: cum laude approbatur in computer science registered before attending the course,
  • a maximum of 24 students per course,
  • students in IT Teacher Program or PhD students take priority, and
  • Moodle learning platform will be used (http://cs.joensuu.fi/moodle).
Lectures
  • Lectures are mainly based on the course book Meisalo V., Sutinen, E. ja Tarhio, J.: Modernit oppimisympäristöt (Modern Learning Environments, in Finnish), 2003. 
  • some lecture materials are also available in Moodle
Demo sessions

Comulsory demo sessions with a weekly theme. Discussions about the exercises (see next section)

Exercises

Compulsory exercises. Check the timetables from Moodle. Every submitted exercise will be evaluated and assessed. Feedback is given in the demo sessions.

Group projects (groups with 3-5 persons)
  1. Instructional Festival
  2. ICT strategy project in a school/educational institution
Literature review

Literature review on a given material. Done in pairs. Details later.

StudyLog

Each student will keep a StudyLog during the course. More information about the content of the StudyLog will be given at the beginning of the course.

Schedule

The course will start on Monday, January 23rd at 14-16, room 2D/106 (if there are maximum number of participants in the first lecture, you will not be able to join the course later).

Lectures will be held in room 2D/106 or in room 2D/309

  • Mondays, 14-16
  • Tuesdays, 14-16
  • follow the Moodle calendar for more exact information and updates

Demo session times

  • TBA

This is a preliminary schedule for the course. It will not be updated after the course has been started. Follow the calendar and discussion forums in Moodle for updated information.

Week
 		Lecture
 		Content
 		Demo session
group 1

 Demo session
group 2
4 Monday 23.1.
at 14-16, 2D106

Tuesday 24.1
at 14-16, 2D106		 Introduction


TBA

Introduction to Moodle. Goals and expectations of the course. Mindmanager

 Introduction to Moodle. Goals and expectations of the course. Mindmanager
5 No lectures No lectures Counseling hour -
6 Monday 6.2.
at 14-16, 2D106

Tuesday 7.2.
at 14-16, 2D106		 TBA Instructions for Instructional Festivals

Different methods for teaching and learning		 Instructions for Instructional Festivals

Different methods for teaching and learning
7 Monday 13.2.
at 14-16, 2D106

Tuesday 14.2. 
at 14-16, 2D106		 TBA Counseling hour -
8 Monday 20.2

Tuesday 21.2
at 14-16, 2D106 		TBA Lego-programming/Robotics Lego-programming/Robotics
9 No lectures on January 27

Tuesday 28.2
at 14-18, 2D309		 -


Instructional Festivals		 Jeliot-programming Jeliot-programming
10
 Monday 6.3 at 14-16, 2D106

Tuesday 7.3
at 14-16, 2D106		 TBA Review of the weekly exercises and Instructional Festivals Review of the weekly exercises and Instrucional Festivals
11
 Monday 13.3.
at 14-16, 2D106

Tuesday 14.3.
at 14-16, 2D106		 TBA Counseling hour -
12
 Monday 20.3.
at 14-16, 2D106

Tuesday 21.3.
at 14-16, 2D106		 TBA Videoconferencing Videoconferencing
13
 No lectures - No demo session No demo session
14
 Monday 3.4.
at 14-16, 2D106

Tuesday 4.4.
at 14-16, 2D106		 TBA Learning platforms and educational web-materials Learning platforms and educational web-materials
15
 Monday 10.4.
at 14-18, 2D309

Tuesday 11.4.
at 14-16, 2D106 		Literature review presentations


TBA		 Counseling hour -
16
 No lectures (Easter holiday) - Teaching and technology Teaching and technology
17
 Monday 24.4.
at 14-16, 2D106

Tuesday 25.4.
at 14-18, 2D106		 TBA


IT-strategy project presentations		 No demo sessions No demo sessions

Evaluation

  • Active participation in lectures and demo sessions, given exercises, literature review, group projects and StudyLog. The evaluation will be individual.
  • Calculation the grades:
    • given exercises 2/9,
    • group projects (Instructional Festivals and ICT Strategy) and presentations 1/3
    • literature review 2/9, and
    • StudyLog 2/9
Note! In order to pass the course you have to pass all the above parts of the course. That means e.g. at least 48% of the total points from exercises.
  • The course will be graded by using scale 0-5 (5=excellent and 0=failed), where 50% = 1, 60% = 2, 70% = 3, 80% = 4, 90% = 5. If plagiarism will noticed, the course will be failed.

Deadlines

  • Preliminary plan for Instructional Festivals: TBA
  • Literature review report: TBA
  • ICT strategy report: TBA

Literature

  • Meisalo, V., Sutinen, E. ja Tarhio, J.: Modernit oppimisympäristöt, Tietosanoma, RT-Print Oy, Pieksämäki, 2003.
  • Adelsberger, H.H., Collis, B., Pawlowski, J.M. (Eds): Handbook on Information Technologies for Education and Training, Springer, Heidelberg, 2002. 
  • Fincher, S., Petre, M. (Eds.): Computer Science Education Research, RoutledgeFalmer, London, 2004.
  • Proceedings of the SIGCSE2005, 36th Technical Symbosium on Computer Science Education, February 23 - 27, 2005, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. (articles available only in the campus network)
  • Proceedings of the SIGCSE2004, 35th Technical Symbosium on Computer Science Eduacation, March 3-7, 2004, Norfolk, Virginia, USA. (aricles available only in the campus network)
  • Proceedings of the SIGCSE2003, 34th Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, February 19-23, 2003, Reno, Navada, USA. (articles availabe only in the campus network)
  • Proceedings of the ITiCSE2005, 10th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, June 27-29, 2005, Caparica, Portugal. (articles availabe only in the campus network)
  • Proceedings of the ITiCSE2004, 9th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, June 28-30, 2004, Leeds, United Kingdom. (articles available only in the campus network)
  • Proceedings of the ITiCSE2003, 8th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, June 30-July 2, 2003, Thessaloniki, Greece (articles availabe only in the campus network)
  • All FIE-conference proceedings, papers on engineering and CS education

Additional information

Jarkko Suhonen, jsuhon@NOSPAMcs.joensuu.fi
Mikko Vesisenaho, mvaho@NOSPAMcs.joensuu.fi

Last updated: 13.12.2005