EDS4010 New Media and Media Literacy in EducationBahçeşehir UniversityDegree Programs PSYCHOLOGYGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational QualificationsBologna Commission
PSYCHOLOGY
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
EDS4010 New Media and Media Literacy in Education Fall 3 0 3 6
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

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.

Learning Outcomes

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

Course Content

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.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

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

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Poore, M. (2013). Using social media in the classroom: A best practical guide. London: SAGE.
References: None

Evaluation System

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

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 14 3 42
Project 1 60 60
Homework Assignments 2 20 40
Total Workload 142

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) To develop an interest in the human mind and behavior, to be able to evaluate theories using empirical findings, to understand that psychology is an evidence-based science by acquiring critical thinking skills.
2) To gain a biopsychosocial perspective on human behavior. To understand the biological, psychological, and social variables of behavior.
3) To learn the basic concepts in psychology and the theoretical and practical approaches used to study them (e.g. basic observation and interview techniques).
4) To acquire the methods and skills to access and write information using English as the dominant language in the psychological literature, to recognize and apply scientific research and data evaluation techniques (e.g. correlational, experimental, cross-sectional and longitudinal studies, case studies).
5) To be against discrimination and prejudice; to have ethical concerns while working in research and practice areas.
6) To recognize the main subfields of psychology (experimental, developmental, clinical, cognitive, social and industrial/organizational psychology) and their related fields of study and specialization.
7) To acquire the skills necessary for analyzing, interpreting and presenting the findings as well as problem posing, hypothesizing and data collection, which are the basic elements of scientific studies.
8) To gain the basic knowledge and skills necessary for psychological assessment and evaluation.
9) To acquire basic knowledge of other disciplines (medicine, genetics, biology, economics, sociology, political science, communication, philosophy, anthropology, literature, law, art, etc.) that will contribute to psychology and to use this knowledge in the understanding and interpretation of psychological processes.
10) To develop sensitivity towards social problems; to take responsibility in activities that benefit the field of psychology and society.
11) To have problem solving skills and to be able to develop the necessary analytical approaches for this.
12) To be able to criticize any subject in business and academic life and to be able to express their thoughts.