ED451 Audio-Visual Education

Course Syllabus

Instructor: Robert Churney

Office Hours: MWF 9-10am, TTh 8-9am

Course Description – This is a 4^th-year University of Guam extended teaching methods course that emphasizes the learning of practical hands-on skills as well as the psychological and theoretical bases for using instructional media and technology in education

Unit 1 -- Media and the Instructional Process

Unit 2 -- Planning For The Use of Media In Instruction

Unit 3 -- Principles Of Visuals In Learning

Unit 4 -- Nonprojected Media

Unit 5 -- Projected Visuals

Unit 6 -- Audio

Unit 7 -- Video And Film

Unit 8 -- Computers

Unit 9 -- Distance Learning

Unit 10 -- Process Technologies

Required Textbook – Instructional Media and Technologies for Learning by Heinich, Molenda, Russell, Smaldino

Method of Instruction

Lecture

Demonstration

Individual & Group Tasks & Projects

Method of Evaluation

Practical – 50%

Theoretical – 50%

Grading Scale

90-100% = A

80-89% = B

70-79% = C

60-69% = D

59% and below = F

Attendance Policy

Because this is a 3-hour class, a student with 2 absences will be dropped from the class

Academic Honesty Policy

The COM-FSM academic honesty policy applies to this course