| Instructor: | Josh Charles, M.Ed., Technology Learning Lab |
| Email: | charlesj@umkc.edu |
Graduate students taking this course are required to complete extra coursework executed at a level expected from graduate students. In this section, this extra work takes the form of a learning contract.
If you're not sure what a learning contract is, this website is a great resource.
You get to create your own contract, which is subject to instructor approval. For the purposes of this course, your contract should meet the following objective:
The creation of a piece of work concerning technology use in the field you plan on entering.
You contract should contain the following parts:
Your contract is due on the date marked on the course calendar. The contract you turn in should not be considered the final contract until both instructor and student sign it.
Here are a few projects you might consider for your learning contract. You are not limited to anything on this list, and you are encouraged to be as creative as possible.
This paper would need to be 20-25 pages long and concern something technology related in your field. Research would need to come from peer-reviewed journals.
You would find at least four research papers concerning either technology in your field or research completed by someone at the UMKC School of Education. You would then record a one to three minute micro-lecture on the paper, and upload it to YouTube, or another video hosting website. You would create an short assessment to give after viewing the lecture, and then give the assessment to at least five people. You would grade the assessments, and then write up a short reflection of the entire process.
This should only be taken on if you have previous programming experience. You would design, implement, and test a small piece of software that could be used in your field. Your contract should contain specifications for the software, and a justification for creating the piece of software instead of using something already written.
This project would be in addition to the iMovie project that is already a part of the class. Your movie would need to be 10-20 minutes in length, and would be expected to be distributed for free on the internet. As such, you would have to follow a stricter copyright policy than what one would follow as part of the class. The subject of the movie would need to be related to something in your field.
Once again, you are not limited to any of the above. Those examples are provided only for your consideration.