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Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
EDS4010 | New Media and Media Literacy in Education | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
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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 : | Assoc. Prof. BERNA GÜLOĞLU |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
Course Objectives: | This course provides introductory information and application of skills and techniques necessary in the process of integrating new media specifically social media to the classroom. Primary areas of focus include new media tools and social media in addition to the educational games. This course will provide information and applications you might need to safely, knowledgeably, and creatively integrate new and social media into your classroom. This course will be particularly useful for the most efficient and cost-effective development of solutions to novel instructional problems. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; At the end of the course, you will be able to: 1. Map the ways the changing media landscape has impacted the way young people learn 2. Apply their theoretical understandings to the development of curricular resources for use in school or after school programs 3. Critique existing curricular resources designed to teach “the new media literacies” 4. Deploy course concepts in the development of an independent research project which makes a contribution |
This is an application course in which participants use their knowledge and skills to produce practical solutions to the problems given by the instructor or found by themselves as groups. Besides, students seek to provide an overview of our contemporary moment of media change, of the kinds of informal learning which is occurring in the context of participatory culture, of how schools are responding to the challenges posed by new media technologies, and of core debates between those who value and those who criticize the new media literacies. In order to maximize their learning, students will be encouraged to work with a real client to create products. It should be noted that this course does not teach development techniques for specific media, even though some media development may be required. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Review of Syllabus | |
2) | Digital natives, new learning, digital literacy | |
3) | Social Media and Education | |
4) | Blogs, Wikis, Social Networks | |
5) | Visual Media Instant Messaging Bookmarking, Mindmapping, Polls | |
6) | Educational Games | |
7) | Online documents, dropboxes, public share | |
8) | Visual Media, Instant Messaging Bookmarking, Mindmapping, Polls | |
9) | Media Literacy - Why should we teach media literacy? | |
10) | Application | |
11) | Application | |
12) | Practical and in-class considerations - Presentations | |
13) | Presentations | |
14) | Final revisions and closure |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Poore, M. (2013). Using social media in the classroom: A best practical guide. London: SAGE. |
References: | None |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 10 | % 20 |
Homework Assignments | 2 | % 40 |
Project | 1 | % 40 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 60 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 40 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Project | 1 | 60 | 60 |
Homework Assignments | 2 | 20 | 40 |
Total Workload | 142 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | As a world citizen, she is aware of global economic, political, social and ecological developments and trends. | 2 |
2) | He/she is equipped to closely follow the technological progress required by global and local dynamics and to continue learning. | 2 |
3) | Absorbs basic economic principles and analysis methods and uses them to evaluate daily events. | 2 |
4) | Uses quantitative and statistical tools to identify economic problems, analyze them, and share their findings with relevant stakeholders. | 2 |
5) | Understands the decision-making stages of economic units under existing constraints and incentives, examines the interactions and possible future effects of these decisions. | 1 |
6) | Comprehends new ways of doing business using digital technologies. and new market structures. | 2 |
7) | Takes critical approach to economic and social problems and develops analytical solutions. | 1 |
8) | Has the necessary mathematical equipment to produce analytical solutions and use quantitative research methods. | 2 |
9) | In the works he/she contributes, observes individual and social welfare together and with an ethical perspective. | 2 |
10) | Deals with economic problems with an interdisciplinary approach and seeks solutions by making use of different disciplines. | 1 |
11) | Generates original and innovative ideas in the works she/he contributes as part of a team. | 2 |