ITI510 Integrating Educational Technology (8)
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The goal of this subject is to provide students with the skills and opportunity to use action research in education institutions, businesses or organisations. Action research provides a method for trying ideas in practice as a means of improvement and as a means of increasing knowledge about teaching/training and learning. Students will use action research to identify underutilised educational technologies and plan to implement them in a learning setting. |
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+ Subject Availability Modes and Location
| Session 1 | | Online | Wagga Wagga Campus | Session 3 | | Online | Wagga Wagga Campus |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: ITI510
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
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Subject information| Duration | Grading System | School: |
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| One session | HD/FL | School of Education |
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Enrolment restrictions|
This subject is not available to students who have completed ITI502 Technology Partners in Learning 2. |
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| Incompatible subject(s) | Related subject(s) |
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| ITI502 | ITI502 shared content with this subject
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Learning OutcomesUpon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- be able to review any plans (past or present) to integrate technology into a standards-based curriculum;
- be able to explain the characteristics of action research and how action research is suited to their own organisation/educational institution;
- be able to plan an action research project as part of an organisation’s/educational institution’s improvement plan for learning;
- be able to explore new ideas, strategies and specific tools for integrating technology into the curriculum;
- be able to identify underutilised technologies within an organisation/educational institution;
- be able to incorporate underutilised technologies within plans to address key organisational goals and improve student outcomes; and
- be able to use technology to acquire, access, analyse and evaluate information.
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SyllabusThe subject will cover the following topics:
- Identifying and evaluating existing/underutilised ICT resources.
- Aligning technology use with organisational goals.
- Plan; Action; Observe; Reflect: characteristics of the action research cycle.
- Designing an Action Research question to suit your own organisation.
- Comparing and contrasting the action research model with other research models.
- “Revised planning”- continuing the action research cycle.
- Conceiving of/commencing a “Partner Project”.
- The principles and skills involved in successful peer feedback.
- Internet search, research and copyright.
- Using ICT to develop Project-Based Learning, critical thinking and problem-solving.
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The information contained in the 2017 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 25 August 2017. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.
