Course Details
Course Information Package
Course Unit Title | EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AT PRE-PRIMARY EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Course Unit Code | TEC402 | ||||||||||
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Number of ECTS credits allocated | 4 | ||||||||||
Learning Outcomes of the course unit | By the end of the course, the students should be able to:
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Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face | ||||||||||
Prerequisites | NONE | Co-requisites | NONE | ||||||||
Recommended optional program components | NONE | ||||||||||
Course Contents | Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in education: (a) necessity of introducing ICT in education, (b) philosophy of integrating ICT in education, (c) conditions of integrating ICT in the school, (d) the added value of using ICT in education. ICT and inter-disciplinary approach: Definitions, advantages and disadvantages of integrating ICT in teaching when using the interdisciplinary approach, design and develop an interdisciplinary teaching unit imbued with the use of ICT. Educational software: (a) open and closed content software and their categorization, (b) criteria for evaluating educational programs, (c) evaluation of educational programs. Internet in education: necessity of applying the Internet in education, conditions for using it in education, Internet and pre-primary education, ability to manage and exploit information, application examples of the Internet in pre-primary education curriculum, methodology of integrating Internet applications into teaching and learning. Programs to enhance language development: the communicative approach to teaching language and the word processor, Kidspiration and concept mapping, examples of applications programs to enhance language development and methodology of integrating them in the educational process. Programs to support the learning of concepts of mathematics and science: open and closed software, developing activities with spreadsheets and methodology of integrating them in the educational process. Presentation programs: developing integrated activities in different curriculum subjects. Models of school and class administration when ICT is integrated: models and conditions to employ them, evaluation of the educational value of a planned educational activity where ICT is used. | ||||||||||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods | The taught part of course is delivered to the students by means of: (a) lectures, conducted with the help of computer presentations and (b) demonstrations of educational software and hardware applications. Lecture notes and presentations are available for students to use on the e-learning platform of the university in combination with the recommended reading. Lectures are supplemented with laboratory work. During laboratory sessions, students learn how to find and develop digital materials, how to use the various educational software applications and how to integrate them in the learning process. | ||||||||||
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Language of instruction | Greek | ||||||||||
Work placement(s) | NO |