COMT-260 Educational Technology

Credits 3 / 4 Contact Hours
Prerequisite:Placement into RDNG-016 (ACSR-016) is required.
Provides educators and trainers with the basic knowledge and skills necessary to implement instructional media in a competency based curriculum. Content will include: development and application exercises in media software; operation of conventional media hardware and computers; and an introduction to instructional design systems.

Course Outcomes
1. Operate conventional media hardware: video recording and production equipment, overhead, slide and 16 mm projectors, microcomputers, printers and Thermofax equipment 2. Perform basic procedures in the following graphic production techniques: dry mounting, laminating, lettering and rubber cementing 3. Plan and develop an instructional module which includes a systematized competency-based approach to learning 4. Have an awareness of microcomputer applications in the instructional design process as both a design tool and an object of instruction 5. Demonstrate basic procedures in educational media production