COSI 211 Workplace Technology – 3 Hours Credit – This course introduces students to the selection and use of computer-based media, multi-media, and conventional media, in the preparation of materials for instructional purposes. Special attention is given to computer hardware and software involved in computer-based media production, digital formatting technology, and multimedia production processes.
LEARNER OUTCOMES:
- Select and use media and technologies on the basis of a consistent, coherent rationale in which media effectively support learning.
- Justify instructional media decisions in terms of philosophical, psychological, and pedagogical principles.
- Analyze instructional situations in terms of the media and methods that would be most appropriate for different types of learners and learning tasks.
- Specify instructional objectives clearly.
- Integrate media and technologies into instruction systematically (e.g. design lessons using accepted instructional design models and pedagogical theory).
- Describe the characteristics, advantages, limitations, and applications of each of the media and technologies discussed in the course.
- Use appropriate information sources to identify and evaluate materials.