About this Page
This page is devoted to all the work I have completed as a graduate student at Michigan State University's Master of Arts in Educational Technology Program. This program has been adopted as a foundation of my teaching and learning and my educational philosophy has been shaped by the work you will find below.
This page is organized chronologically by the courses I have taken beginning with the summer cohort program. I have listed the course, my instructors, and information about the course on the left hand side and have included samples of my course work for the individual courses on the right hand side.
I am continuing to grow as a student and a teacher and am inspired by all the work shared in my growing Personal Learning Network, which includes all of the amazing colleagues of the MAET program, whether past, present or even the future.
This page is organized chronologically by the courses I have taken beginning with the summer cohort program. I have listed the course, my instructors, and information about the course on the left hand side and have included samples of my course work for the individual courses on the right hand side.
I am continuing to grow as a student and a teacher and am inspired by all the work shared in my growing Personal Learning Network, which includes all of the amazing colleagues of the MAET program, whether past, present or even the future.
SUMMER COHORT 1 - 2012
CEP 810: Teaching for Understanding with TechnologyInstructors - J. Spicer, A. Keller, C. McMichael
This course is the first required course in the Masters of Arts in Educational Technology Program. The course studies the following five themes:
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CEP 811: Adapting Innovative Technologies in EducationInstructors - J. Spicer, A. Keller, C. McMichael
CEP 811 is designed to allow students to continue their exploration with educational technology. This specific course is outlined to drive students toward repurposing technologies into educational tools. Two theories are essential for this repurposing; technologies must be Novel, Effective, Whole (NEW) and must incorporate the (TPACK) framework.
Throughout this learning experience students are driven to Learn, Explore, Create, Share all of these tools with colleagues, teachers, and friends. The application of educational theories is essential for being a successful educational technologies student. |
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CEP 812: Applying Educational Technologies to Issues of PracticeInstructors - J. Spicer, A. Keller, C. McMichael
CEP 812 is the third and final course in the Educational Technology Certificate Program sequence. This course focuses on how educators can use a wide range of technologies to address issues within their classroom and the education system. Students of this class explore well-structured, ill-structured, wicked problems and educational problems. Additionally students will read educational theories on human social and cognitive dispositions.
All of these course assignments are conducted with the guidance of a Personal Learning Network (PLN) which is crafted throughout the course. Students collaborate with colleagues, classmates, educators, and the world in order to further their learning experience. |
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SUMMER COHORT 2 - 2013
CEP 800: Learning in School and Other SettingsInstructors - P. Mishra, D. Henrikson, W. Cain
CEP 800 is a course which drives students toward evaluating psychological perspectives and approaches to learning. These perspectives apply both in and out of the school setting. Students constantly examine theories of learning and how they apply to learners of various age and background. All of these theories are then taken and applied to improve an educators ability to create meaningful education using technology.
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CEP 815: Technology and LeadershipInstructors - P. Mishra, D. Henrikson, W. Cain
CEP 815: Technology and Leadership is a course designed to educate master's students about how to become a technology education leader. Educators will evaluate how to be come a leader who can create professional development, planning tools, evaluate, and build relationships between colleagues.
Additionally, throughout this course educators will be challenged to analyze technology challenges and benefits from multiple perspectives. Students will continue to evaluate the social and ethical implications of technology integration in schools. |
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CEP 822: Approached to Educational ResearchInstructors - P. Mishra, D. Henrikson, W. Cain
CEP 822: Approaches to Educational Research asks students to identify methods for educational research. Each individual is asked to develop and describe researchable problems and ask an audience about their understanding of that researchable problem. Students must apply statistics in their analysis of how the understandings and the misconceptions held by the general population. The course focuses on how people arrive at their unique understandings based on their prior knowledge and the educational context of how this influences teaching and learning.
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FALL 2013
CEP 813: Electronic PortfoliosInstructors - P. Dickson
CEP 813 instructs students on how to create a meaningful electronic portfolio to showcase their work as both learners and educators by focusing on the concept of "good and authentic work." This courses broadens the medium for sharing and celebrating work and promotes students to explore and engage in how to personalize the showcase of their individual authentic work with the worldwide audience at large. Students learn and explore the concepts and theories behind portfolios and then create their own.
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CEP 820: Teaching Students OnlineInstructors - A. Heintz and S. Sawaya
CEP 820 examines ways in which teachers can bring educational technologies into their classroom to better meet the needs of their students. This course has a particular focus in building tools to successfully broadcast information across the web for collaboration and communication. Throughout this learning experience students are asked to evaluate various online learning management systems in order to determine their strengths and weaknesses. Additionally teachers explore their own pedagogy in order to determine which learning management system is best suited for their educational needs.
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TE 846: Accommodating Different Literacy LearnersInstructors - C. Waldron
TE 846 is a course recommended to satisfy the reading requirement for the Michigan Professional Certificate. It focuses on the developmental processes, instructional practices as well as assessments that contribute to effective literacy practices for all students. This course offers educators numerous means and methods for accommodating diverse needs of literacy learners in the classroom.
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Course WorkThe following download reports on the case study conducted during the duration of this course.
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SPRING 2014
CEP 807: Proseminar in Educational TechnologyInstructors - M. Koehler, S. Greenhalgh, J. Roesnberg, A, Zellner
CEP 807 is the culminating capstone course taken in the Master of Arts in Educational Technology program at Michigan State University. The capstone course requires students to prepare an online portfolio summarizing, showcasing and reflecting on all that they have created and learned during their program. Students collaborate and communicate with colleagues and instructors via Piazza. This end product is eventually evaluated by students, instructors, and faculty.
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