COMMUNICATION AND DESIGN | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
EDT5006 | Project Management in Educational Technology | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
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Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Prof. Dr. ŞİRİN KARADENİZ ORAN |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
Course Objectives: | To introduce knowledge and principles of project management. Planning and developing ICT in education projects using MS-Project software. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; At the end of this course, students will be able to; o Define purpose of project management (PM), o Define project planning procedures, o Explain project life cycle, o Define roles of project manager and team members, o Define a project scope, o Apply time management, o Gain knowledge and skills for team management, o Plan and develop ICT in education project using Ms-Project, o Recognize the foundations which support ICT in education projects, o Develop group-process skills to work productively in a team. |
Relation between program and project, need for the project, project characteristics, project management (PM), planning phases of PM (Starting, Planning, Executing, Control and Closing), importance of planning, scope, cost and time management, different planning approaches, cost estimate methods, diverse planning tools, team management in projects. MS-Project program; planning and developing projects using MS-Project on usage of ICT efficiently in education for TUBITAK, EU, UNESCO, WorldBank, MoNE (MEB), SPO (DPT), public and private sector. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Introduction to Project Management and Entrepreneurship | |
2) | Project Management Process Groups | |
3) | Proje Entegrasyon Yönetimi | Project sponsor report |
4) | Project Scope Management | Project kickoff meeting report |
5) | Project Time Management | |
6) | Project Time Management | |
7) | Project Cost Management | Project charter report |
8) | Project Cost Management | |
9) | Introduction to Ms-Project | |
10) | Scope, time, team and cost management using Ms-Project | |
11) | Scope, time, team and cost management using Ms-Project | |
12) | Scope, time, team and cost management using Ms-Project | |
13) | Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Projects | |
14) | Developing a project using Ms-project software |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | “Proje yönetimi bilgi birikimi kılavuzu (PMBOK kılavuzu) (2009). İstanbul : Proje Yönetim Mesleği İlkeleri Teknikleri ve Rotası Derneği (PMİ TR)” |
References: | “Schwalbe, K. (2007). Information Technology Project Management, 5.Edt, Canada: Thomson Course Technology..” |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 14 | % 10 |
Homework Assignments | 2 | % 20 |
Presentation | 2 | % 20 |
Project | 1 | % 50 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 50 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 50 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Presentations / Seminar | 2 | 12 | 24 |
Project | 1 | 100 | 100 |
Homework Assignments | 2 | 12 | 24 |
Total Workload | 190 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Create design oriented application for the visual communication design field. | |
2) | Resolve visual communication problems via concept based designs and an integrated perspective in the visual communication design field. | |
3) | Qualify in design directing through analysis and design processes. | |
4) | Display creative thinking, approach and production process skills. | |
5) | Integrate basic fields of visual communication; print, time-based and interactive media, through mastering each one of these fields individually. | |
6) | Identify complementary design solutions in the visual field in order to solve communication problems. | |
7) | Perform necessary operational skills in order to finalize products in the visual communication design field. | |
8) | Evaluate recent design trends and the evolving aesthetic perspectives. | |
9) | Use recent design softwares that coincide with the developing information technologies and communication channels. | |
10) | Interpret theoretical, historical and intellectual roots of the visual communication design field. | |
11) | Perform necessary time management in order to complete a visual communication design project. | |
12) | Demonstrate leadership qualities in a design team as well as individual skills during the progress of a visual communication design project. | |
13) | Display compositional solutions and aesthetic skills to fulfill design needs in a visual communication design work. | |
14) | Develop academical, intellectual and critical point of view for global, local and individual visual communication design works. | 3 |