EME+5608

__EME 5608 Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology__ 3 Credit Hours

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__Description:__ //Today, many educators indicate that instructional technology is revolutionizing the way people are taught and the way people learn. What are the latest trends in the field of instructional technology? How do people design instructional programs today? What are some of the trends likely to affect the field in the future? In this course you will get the answers to these and other related questions. //

__Course Review__ __Chris K__: The course was taken during a summer express session. Each week 2 trends or issues that are used or up-and-coming were discussed either through class discussion or with an outsider speaker, usually through Skype. It was useful in seeing how the different methods were actually implemented in the "real world." Some examples of topics discussed were subjectivism, mastery learning, informal learning, learning objects, and distance learning. Discussions were usually lively, and the subject matter was very relevant to my course of study. The first part of the class was usually discussions or guest speakers, while the last part was small-group work.

media type="custom" key="4115267" __Comments on Coursework__ (Includes projects, quizzes, assignments, and other relevant information ) __Chris K__: Weekly work was usually responses to case studies and how to apply the trend to the case study. Responses were discussed in small groups after the group discussion or guest speaker. The answers were posted onto Blackboard and discussed with the class as a whole in the next class time. While there were no exams, there were to key papers: A "mid-term" that was 4-5 pages focusing on a trend or issue that wasn't discussed in class, and the "final" was a 12-15 page paper which was to apply different trends and issues to a company's problems in a case study. A fictional or real company could be used for the case study. The student was able to choose which company and what problems the company had to be addressed in the paper.

__Recommended Prerequisite Courses to Take Chris K:__ EME5601 could have been useful, but I didn't feel like I was behind by not having taken the course yet.

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This is a required course for the IS major.