| Week | Date | Discussion Topic | Seed Reading | Project Deadlines |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aug 27 | Introduction and course overview | ||
| Aug 29 | What is education? | |||
| 2 | Sept 03 | Holiday | ||
| Sept 05 | What should the learning experience be like? | |||
| 3 | Sept 10 | How do you make learning more like a game? |
Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world What video games have to teach us about learning and literacy by James Paul Gee |
Team formation |
| Sept 12 | What education technology is currently out there? Guest Speaker: Arjun Singh (EdX) |
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| 4 | Sept 17 | What are good design principles for education technology? | Design issues for learning environments by Allan Collins | Project Ideas Brainstorm |
| Sept 19 | Guest speaker from WISE on design of education technology | |||
| 5 | Sept 24 | Project Presentations | Project Presentation and Proposal | |
| Sept 26 | Project Critiques with Classmates | Critique of another team's proposal | ||
| 6 | Oct 01 | Project Discussion | Proposal with critiques addressed and Semester Plan | |
| Oct 03 | EduTech Hall of Shame | |||
| 7 | Oct 08 | Project Discussion | ||
| Oct 10 | EduTech Hall of Fame | |||
| 8 | Oct 15 | Project Discussion | ||
| Oct 17 | Education Paradigms of the past and present | RSA Animate - Changing Education Paradigms | ||
| 9 | Oct 22 | Project Discussion | ||
| Oct 24 | Education Paradigms of the present and future | |||
| 10 | Oct 29 | Project Discussion | Project progress report | |
| Oct 31 | How do you motivate learning? |
Carol Dweck: The Effect of Praise on Mindsets
Dr. Dweck on Praising Children | ||
| 11 | Nov 05 | Project Discussion | ||
| Nov 07 | Usability Testing in Class | Project Usability Test | ||
| 12 | Nov 12 | Holiday | ||
| Nov 14 | Auto Grading | Choose one: Auto grading programming assignments Automated essay grading Item response theory Peer review |
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| 13 | Nov 19 | Project Discussion | ||
| Nov 21 | Thanksgiving: No Class | |||
| 14 | Nov 26 | Project Discussion | ||
| Nov 28 | Auto Quiz Generation | |||
| 15 | Dec 03 | Recitation Week: Optional Project Discussion | ||
| Dec 05 | Poster Session | |||
| Finals | Dec 13 | No final, only report | Project Final Report |