Course: Introduction to Educational Technology

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Course title Introduction to Educational Technology
Course code KPG/PTVM
Organizational form of instruction Exercise
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Šmelová Eva, prof. PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Szotkowski René, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Students are introduced to the contents of the course Technology of Education, and they will work with individual technologies used in teaching. Content disciplines: Means of modern didactic techniques, its principles, operation and basic maintenance. Commercial and freeware applications for educational purposes. Educational portals. Social networking in education. Method of creation and acquisition programs to the needs of kindergarten teachers.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Demonstration, Projection (static, dynamic), Training in job and motor Skils
Learning outcomes
Students will learn how to use technical facilities that help to improve communication at schools and to control the educational process. Information technology and programs for pre-school education.
After graduating disciplines, students should be able to work with modern educational technologies such as for example interactive whiteboards, tablet, visualizer, information and communication technologies etc. These technologies should then able to exploit in teaching.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of educational technology.

Assessment methods and criteria
Essay, Student performance

Students master the technical as well as methodological parts of working with technologies used in teaching.
Recommended literature
  • PETTY, G. Moderní vyučování. Praha: Portál, 1996. RAMBOUSEK, V. Technické výukové prostředky. Praha: SPN, 1989. RŮŽIČKA, E. Technologie vzdělávání. Olomouc: SCVU PdF, 2002..
  • BOHONY, P. (2003). Didaktická technológia. Nitra: Pedagogická fakulta UKF.
  • HAUSNER, M. a kol. (2007). Výukové objekty a interaktivní vyučování. Liberec: Venkovský prostor.
  • HOMAS, Michael a Euline Cutrim SCHMID. (2010). Interactive Whiteboards for Education: Theory, Research and Practice. USA.
  • LORENS, Roman. (2013). Nowe technologie w edukacji. Polsko: Wydawnictwo Szkolne PWN.
  • MEDLÍKOVÁ, O. (2008). Přesvědčivá prezentace : Špičkové rady, tipy a příklady. Praha: Grada.
  • NIKL, J. (2002). Didaktické aspekty technických výukových prostředků. Liberec : Technická univerzita v Liberci.
  • SLAVÍK, M., HUSA, J., MILLER, I. (2007). Materiální didaktické prostředky a technologie jejich využívání. Praha: Česká zemědělská univerzita v Praze.
  • SOUKUP, J., PEJSAR, Z., BALCAROVÁ, A. (2004). Multimédia ve výuce. Ústí nad Labem: Univerzita Jana Evangelisty Purkyně.
  • VRBA, Jiří a Monika VŠETULOVÁ. (2003). Multimediální technologie ve vzdělávání. Olomouc: Andragogé.


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