Course Description:
This course investigates the current and emerging technologies available for instructional delivery. Included are components of courses (e.g. computer-assisted instruction, web-quests, etc.), as well as methods of delivery in non-face-to-face environments. Emphasis will be on the appropriate selection of technologies for various instructional settings, with attention to Web 2.0 applications and their role in the delivery of instruction. 

Prerequisite: ETEC 524 or consent of the instructor.

Class Meetings: There are no scheduled face-to-face meetings.   All activities will be online, many in our online classroom on eCollege, and some on Moodle, our online teaching lab.  You will receive instructions about how to log-in to our online classroom before the first day of class.  Please be sure to check your leo (university) mail, because that is where all university correspondence goes.

Assignment messages will be posted in our online classroom on the first day of the semester and by noon on each Monday after that.  We will have some organized online group meetings, and I will also have online office hours each week, at times to be announced, during which you may stop by and ask questions or just talk. We will be using an online section of eCollege that allows us to use both microphones and text chat -- so if you have a microphone you will be able to try it out with our class.   :-)
 
NOTE:  Each student must have Internet access before the first day of class (detailed below) plus a working knowledge of both e-mail and the world wide web, and of the software they use to access each. Basic web page experience would be a help, but if you are open to new experiences and willing to work with and learn from classmates and others, just check with me, and it will work. :-)

IMPORTANT   --->   To Do After Registration: Please send an e-mail message to Sue_Espinoza@tamu-commerce.edu from the e-mail address that you will be checking the most before our class starts.  The weekend before classes start, I will send out an intro message to your university e-mail as well as to any other address you send me now.  After the semester starts, all mail will go to your myLeo account.

Required Text, etc.:
There will be no 'text' for the class. Online readings will take the place of a traditional text. If you do not already receive the T.H.E. Journal, you might want to visit the website (at http://www.thejournal.com/) and sign up for a free subscription. The publication is available online, so if you prefer to read it that way, that will work. Other readings will be discussed in class. :-)

• You will need a reliable working computer, and you will need to know how to use it and either how to troubleshoot or how to find help if there are problems with the computer.  Knowing where to go for help (manuals or people) is an essential computer attack skill, isn't it?   :-)
  
 

• Computer access to the Internet is a necessity -- you must have access where you can get online to at least check e-mail on a daily basis.  Home access is a necessity.  For some activities high speed access will be helpful, so if you do not have high-speed access at home, you may want to see if there is another place that you may be able to get online at some points in the semester.  If you wish to use one of the university computer labs, be sure to check to see when the labs have open time.   :-) 

• Some activities will require access to Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint.  If you do not have these, you might want to check to see where you might be able to use them, when needed.  Everyone will also need Adobe Acrobat Reader, a free download (access instructions will be in syllabus), as well as other free software that we will discuss in class.  :-)
  

Instructor:	Dr. Sue Espinoza
Office:	Education North 116
Phone:	(903) 886-5500
FAX:	(903) 886-5507
E-mail:	Sue_Espinoza@tamu- commerce.edu
URL:	http://www.tamu-commerce.edu/espinoza/