Graduate Catalog 2022-2023

ET 700 Methods of Research in Instructional Design and Educational Technology I

Investigate research methodologies for the fields of instructional design and educational technology including theoretical and practical approaches. Explore current research problems and directions for future research.

3

Offered

Generally offered Fall - Check with department/school for next offering

Level Restriction

Include GR

ET 701 Methods of Research in Instructional Design and Educational Technology II

Extends content of ET 700. Investigate research methodologies for fields of instructional design and educational technology including theoretical and practical approaches. Explore current research problems and directions for future research.

3

Offered

Generally offered Spring - Check with department/school for next offering

Level Restriction

Include GR

ET 720 Doctoral Seminar

Orients students to doctoral program by exploring topics related to research, teaching in higher education, and professional engagement. Engage in readings and discussions and field related projects.

3

Offered

Generally offered Fall - Check with department/school for next offering

Level Restriction

Include GR

ET 721 Learning Theories and Technology Integration

Review established learning theory, adult learning theory, educational identity, and philosophy; investigate theoretical substructures in technology-rich teaching and learning and explore their impact on educational change.

3

Offered

Generally offered Spring - Check with department/school for next offering

Level Restriction

Include GR

ET 723 Global & Cultural Perspectives in Educational Technology

Explore implementations and implications of educational technology in a global context. Examine promises and challenges of technology integration in both developed and developing countries as impacted by different socioeconomic contexts.

3

Offered

Generally offered Spring - Check with department/school for next offering

Level Restriction

Include GR

ET 725 Critical Theory and Research in Educational Technology

Establish foundational knowledge about critical theory; examine key texts, issues, and methodologies within critical educational research from cultural studies, action research, critical ethnography, narrative inquiry, critical pedagogy, and feminist research.

3

Offered

Generally offered Fall - Check with department/school for next offering

Level Restriction

Include GR

ET 731 Advanced Instructional Design Theory, Research and Practice

Investigate various theoretical positions recognized as instrumental in shaping instructional design practice. Explore underlying philosophical positions that contribute to the application of these theories in a variety of design settings.

3

Offered

Generally offered Spring - Check with department/school for next offering

Level Restriction

Include GR

ET 733 Case Studies in Instructional Design and Performance Technology

Establish foundational knowledge about human performance technology. Examine instructional uses of case studies for analysis, design, and evaluation of performance and educational environments.

3

Offered

Generally offered Fall - Check with department/school for next offering

Level Restriction

Include GR

ET 740 Innovations in Technology and Education

Explore what it means to be innovative. Critically examine trends and issues in educational technology as well the processes that enabled them. Study emerging and open source technology applications.

3

Offered

Generally offered Fall - Check with department/school for next offering

Level Restriction

Include GR

ET 745 Multimodal Composing

Compose and communicate in all forms, media, modes, and genres. Employ rhetorical strategies from placement of texts to consideration of audience to the media used to write and present meaning.

3

Offered

Generally offered Spring - Check with department/school for next offering

Level Restriction

Include GR

ET 749 Gaming and Application Design

Design and develop computer-based games and mobile applications for educational contexts. Explore various design tools and examine research and implementation issues related to gaming in various educational settings.

3

Offered

Generally offered Fall - Check with department/school for next offering

Level Restriction

Include GR

ET 782 Doctoral Seminar in Educational Technology I

Investigation of the development, theory, and research bases of the field of Educational Technology.
3

Prerequisites

ET 500 with a minimum grade of C

Level Restriction

Include GR

ET 784 Doctoral Seminar in Educational Technology II

Investigation of the development, theory, and research bases of the field of Educational Technology.
3

Prerequisites

ET 782 with a minimum grade of C

Level Restriction

Include GR

ET 797 Doctoral Proposal Seminar

Selection of an appropriate research topic in the field of instructional design and technology. Summarize related literature, identify a researchable problem within that topic, and develop appropriate methodology. Develop an approved research proposal. S/U graded.
1- 4

Level Restriction

Include GR

Repeatable Status

Course is repeatable with a maximum of 4 credit hours

ET 799 Doctoral Dissertation

After receiving approval for the proposal, the doctoral candidate must register for dissertation hours while conducting the research and writing the final report in the form of a dissertation. Doctoral candidates must earn 12 hours of dissertation credit towards the doctoral degree.
1-12

Level Restriction

Include GR

Repeatable Status

Course is repeatable with no limitations