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EDUC7900 Capstone Coordinator: Dr. Jennifer Smolka


For this capstone project, our learning community will identify one area we'd like to change in the workplace to connect the traditional learning environment with the digital world of today’s students. Then, we will develop a collaborative project where the schools and/or classes represented by our learning community could be engaged in a topic of interest, using digital tools for communication. We'll consider a collaborative experience that crosses cultural groups or time zones.

(Please click the link to the left to view Group 2 Visual Representation of Educational Technology)


 * ** Definition Concept ** ||  ** Leaning Community **   ** Concept **  ||  ** Definition **  ||
 * Facility Learning, Chapter 2 || Vickie P. Murphy  || Facilitating Learning: emphasizes the understanding that learning is controlled and owned by learners. Learning is influenced by teachers and designers, but the influence is facilitative instead of causative.

Januszewski, A., & Molenda, M. (Eds.). (2008). //Educational technology: A definition with commentary.// New York, NY: Routledge. ||
 * Improving Performance, Chapter 3 ||  Vickie P. Murphy  || Improving Performance: it does not just focus on learners improving performance; but on teachers, designers, and organizations. It is the act of using education interventions like creating rich experiences focusing on valuable goals and utilizing technology experiences to foster deeper understanding to easy transfer skills and learning to situations outside of the classroom to enhance performance.

Januszewski, A., & Molenda, M. (Eds.). (2008). //Educational technology: A definition with commentary.// New York, NY: Routledge. ||
 * Creating, Chapter 4 ||  Vickie P. Murphy  || **Creating:** generate teaching to be effective and successful and learning resources that are done through designing, developing, and evaluating processes and resources for facilitating learning and improving performance (Januszewski & Molenda, 2008).

Januszewski, A., & Molenda, M. (Eds.). (2008). //Educational technology: A definition with commentary.// New York, NY: Routledge. ||
 * Using, Chapter 5 ||  Emmorfia McKinstry  || Using starts with selection appropriate processes and resources, methods and materials whether it is done by the learner or instructor. Using will put the learners in contact with the appropriate technological resources under conditions conductive to learning.

Januszewski, A., & Molenda, M. (Eds.). (2008). //Educational technology: A definition with commentary.// New York, NY: Routledge. ||
 * Managing, Chapter 6 ||  Emmorfia McKinstry  || The goal of managing is working with others to address and ultimately resolve real world problems through innovative and ethical means. The four basic functions of management are: Project Manager, Resource Manager, Personnel Manager, and Program Manager. To inspire changes the product or service must be perceived as valuable and aligned to the needs of the client.

Januszewski, A., & Molenda, M. (Eds.). (2008). //Educational technology: A definition with commentary.// New York, NY: Routledge. ||
 * Ethical Considerations, Chapter 11 ||  Emmorfia McKinstry  || Professional ethics will promote the principles that are the guide posts to maintain a high level of individual and collective group conduct in technology. Following the Code of Professional Ethics will help technologists become aware and keep their commitment to the individual, society and the profession. This will depend upon him or her to keep educational technology responsible to those who look to them for leadership.

Januszewski, A., & Molenda, M. (Eds.). (2008). //Educational technology: A definition with commentary.// New York, NY: Routledge. || Processes, Chapter 7 ||  All Members of the Community  || Technological process importance in an educational context emerges from needing to provide communication that is effective and the co-operation during the pursuit of mutual goals. Useful processes must be capable of responding to emerging trends in educational technology such as ever-increasing use of the Internet, growth of computing technology in the home and advances in distance education.

Januszewski, A., & Molenda, M. (Eds.). (2008). //Educational technology: A definition with commentary.// New York, NY: Routledge. ||
 * Resources, Chapter 8 || All Members of the Community || Resources take the form of tools, materials, devices, people, and settings of learners interacting for improving learning and performance. It is intertwined with using emerging technology of any given era. The type of resources and how they are used serve to differentiate what’s being done by educational technologists from similar efforts in other fields.

Januszewski, A., & Molenda, M. (Eds.). (2008). //Educational technology: A definition with commentary.// New York, NY: Routledge. ||