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Head of Program: Diler Öner

Professors: Yavuz Akpınar, Diler Öner

Associate Professor : Günizi Kartal

Assistant Professors: Oğuz Ak, Mutlu Şen Akbulut, Duygu Umutlu

*Part-time


Graduate Program in Educational Technology

The M.A. program in Educational Technology comprises a minimum of 24 credits of course work, a non-credit seminar and a thesis, consisting of 6 required and 3 elective courses. Elective courses may be chosen from among the courses offered by the program or other programs in the university, subject to approval of the advisor. Students with B.S. or B.A. degrees from the faculties of Education, Arts and Sciences, Engineering, Business, and related fields can apply for the program.

EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY MASTER (M.A.) CURRICULUM

Total: 24 Credits/150 ECTS.

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

CET 501 Education, Instruction, and Technology (2+0+2) 3 ECTS 8
(Eğitim, Öğretim ve Teknoloji)
Relating education, instruction and technology. Discussion of relevant theories, products and practices. Critical analyses of educational implementations of technology, the notions of technological determinism and neutralism, concepts of teaching, learning and understanding. Use of “teaching for understanding” as a test case.

CET 511 Theoretical Foundations of Technology Based Learning Environments (2+0+2) 3 ECTS 7
(Teknoloji Tabanlı Öğretimin Kuramsal Temelleri)
Basic principles and theories of technology based instruction. Fundamental approaches and courseware types, modeling tools, tutorials, simulations and games, drills, interactive learning environments, hypermedia, intelligent systems and general purpose tools. Selection, development, implementation and evaluation of courseware on the basis of learning theories.

CET 512 Instructional Multimedia Systems (2+0+2) 3 ECTS 7
(Öğretim Amaçlı Çokluortam Sistemleri)
Multimedia as a system and technology. Current learning theories, and message design in multimedia systems. Components of instructional multimedia systems. Visual message and interaction in instructional multimedia systems.

CET 514 Distance Education and Internet (2+0+2) 3 ECTS 8
(Uzaktan Eğitim ve İnternet)
Foundations of distance education. Historical development of web based education, current approaches and tools. Development of Internet based courses. Using Internet as an educational resource. Content development tools. Usage and evaluation of Internet supported/based courseware.

CET 521 Human Computer Interaction (2+0+2) 3 ECTS 7
(İnsan ve Bilgisayar Etkileşimi)
Interdisciplinary approach to system design and evaluation; ergonomics. Design of technology systems appropriate to user needs. Review of research in the field of human-technology interaction. Discussions on criticisms of existing interfaces and next generation design.

CET 531 Authoring Systems in Education (2+0+2) 3 ECTS 7
(Eğitimde Yazarlık Sistemleri)
Authoring systems used in educational settings. Basic concepts and principles of authoring systems and languages. Design and development of learning environments using an authoring system. Authoring system selection and evaluation criteria.

CET 542 Design and Implementation of Technology Based Learning Environments (2+0+2) 3 ECTS 7
(Teknoloji Tabanlı Öğrenme Ortamları Tasarım ve Geliştirme)
Components and principles of technology based learning environments. Adaptive systems and intelligent tutoring systems. Analysis of learning environments, content and cognitive styles. Identifying learner needs. Approaches to educational use of technology, design, development, implementation and evaluation of technology based environments.

CET 551 E-Learning Management Systems (2+0+2) 3 ECTS 8
(E-Öğrenme Yönetim Sistemleri)
Basic concepts and principles of learning management systems. Servers and database management. Design and evaluation of learning management systems. Relationships between learning management and content development systems. Currently available tools. Industrial standards in these systems and approaches.

CET 561 Research Methods in Educational Technology (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 7
(Eğitim Teknolojisinde Araştırma Yöntemleri)
Research issues in educational technology. Research methods. Experimental and quasi-experimental research design. Qualitative and quantitative data. Statistical techniques and computer based data analysis. Writing research proposals and reports.

CET 571 Qualitative Research Methods in Education (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 7
(Eğitimde Nitel Araştırma Yöntemleri)
Concepts and principles in qualitative research methods. Data collection procedures and techniques. Analyses of current research studies. Design, development, and writing of a research proposal.

CET 579 Graduate Seminar  (0+1+0) 0 ECTS 1 Pass / Fail
(Lisansüstü Semineri)
Seminars offered by faculty, guest speakers and/or graduate students designed to widen students' perspectives on specific topics of interest and to expand their range of scientific research techniques and publication ethics.
 

CET 580–599 Special Topics in Educational Technology (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 7
(Eğitim Teknolojisinde Özel Konular)
Study of special topics in Educational Technology

CET 690 Master's Thesis (0+0+0) 0 ECTS 60
(Yüksek Lisans Tezi)
Master's Thesis in Educational Technology