Semester:

Fall 2008

Access Course
 

Instructor:

Janet Goodheart

Textbook:

For most current book information please go to: http://www.efollett.com

Course Description:

This course in instructional design focuses on the acquisition and integration of basic pedagogical knowledge, skills and dispositions related to secondary teaching methods necessary to design, develop, deliver and evaluate effective instruction.  Teacher candidates will become familiar with a variety of culturally and intellectually diverse classroom population.  Includes authorship of a course rationale and syllabus and unit plan templates, completing videotaped mini-teaching lessons and passing quizzes and the course examination. Prerequisite: Admission to the Teacher Education Program; concurrent enrollment in ED 427, ED 453, ED 456, ED 458.  This course is not available to students who have successfully completed ED 454 prior  to Fall 2003.

Minimum Computer Requirements:

Win 2000/XP/VISTA or Mac OSX Pentium/G3 1Ghz w/ 1.5 GB RAM
High Speed Internet Access Recommended*
Internet Explorer 7x (Recommended) or Firefox 2.0.0.16
Current Java runtime environment for Windows or OSX (java.com)
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*Course access via 56K modem or other form of dial up is not recommended and any connectivity problems due to this type of connection are not supported by Lewis-Clark State College.

On Campus Requirements:

Yes--please contact the instructor.

Other Information:

On-line discussions may be required during this course. The LCMail account and BbCE course mail are the only accounts that will be used to contact students regarding online courses. An LCMail account is automatically assigned to students when they enroll. Access to this email account is found at http://lcmail.lcsc.edu. BbCE course mail is enabled when a student is enrolled in a BbCE course. Access to BbCE course mail is through each BbCE course. BbCE course mail is an internal mail system only and cannot be accessed outside of a BbCE course. Please check with your instructor to determine the preferred method of contact.