IDT 351 Intermediate Web-based instruction is an undergraduate-level course for students in the Department of Instructional Design and Technology at Western Illinois University. This course follows the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. The course instructor, Seung Won Yoon obtained permission from Barbara Lindsey to adopt the overall organization of her excellent course, which exemplify utilizing web tools for language teaching, entitled Beyond WebCT: Integrating Social Networking Tools into Language & Culture Courses.
Description: This course presents an overview and exploration of how to better integrate the Web as resources (information, communication, and collaboration) to improve education and training. At the beginning, trends and issues of the Web, education, and implications for learning and teaching will be discussed. Then, students will explore major web technologies and resources, such as search engines, Weblogs, Wiki, podcasting, social bookmarking tools and social networking services while completing designated readings and exchanging his/her reflection and experiences of using them (to the course companion blogging site).
Individually or as a pair, students will also complete an instructor-provided or his/her own selected project applying selected tools/services to the chosen project in order to improve the effectiveness or efficiency of teaching/learning. Project groups will be formed early according to similar interests or settings (e.g., corporate, K12, or higher education).
Course Objectives
- Summarize major trends and issues of the Internet that affect how we learn and teach
- Describe challenges, benefits, and potentials of using the Web for teaching and learning
- Describe what major web tools and services exist and how they contribute to learning (e.g., publishing contents (Weblogs and Wikis), managing information (RSS and aggregators), and sharing contents (social networking and bookmarking sites, online video/audio, etc.)
- Discuss and apply pedagogical considerations that are essential for teaching and learning (e.g., authenticity, relevance, practice, transfer, reinforcement, etc.)
- Design and frame student participation within selected tools to support identified learning objectives
- Foster collaboration and member support in teaching and learning
This course attempts to grow as it is offered every spring semester. Feel free to use our resources and please send a comment our way here on this page so that we can keep the conversation going and learn from each other! Questions? Please contact Seung Won Yoon. We look forward to hearing from you!
