2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses Liberal arts and basic science courses Teacher education courses
Educational Technology
- Academic unit or major
- Teacher education courses
- Instructor(s)
- Masao Murota / Yuuri Kimura / Kentaro Nagahara
- Class Format
- Exercise (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 7-8 Wed
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- LAT.A203
- Number of credits
- 010
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 19, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
- This course is designed to provide students with the basic knowledge of subjects such as Introduction to Teaching, Basic Theories of Education, Subject Education Methods I (and II for subjects other than information), and operation of information equipment, as well as the basic knowledge of educational engineering approaches to class design and improvement, models related to teaching and learning, and teaching methods, and methods for designing and evaluating classes.
- This class is designed to learn and practice the theory necessary to write instructional plans that give concrete images of the intentions of the classes to be conducted, the activities of the learners in those classes, and the problems expected and how to respond to them.
Course description and aims
Students are required to achieve following objectives:
1) Be interested in usefulness of, recognize necessity of, and can apply principles and techniques of instructional technology
2) Can memorize and explain knowledge, methods, and their relationship necessary to design→perform→assess→improve lessons.
3) Can describe a lesson plan according to the process model of instructional design while taking consideration with the items in the Check-list of Lesson Plans.
4) Can propose ideas to improve lesson plans and skills of instruction on the basis of learned checkpoints while participating in microteaching.
5) Cultivate attitude to collect information that suggests current needs and situations of school education, to clarify assessment viewpoints of good education, and raise them through designing more appropriate lessons.
6) Cultivate professional ethics to clarify own issues addressed before practice teaching and try to solve them.
Keywords
Educational/instructional technology, instructional method, Three-ways Communication Model, Teacher’s Decision Making Model, ARCS Model, Teaching Activity Model, Taxonomy of Educational Objectives, Nine Events of Instruction, Microteaching, Skills of Instruction, Educational Evaluation, Learning Evaluation
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Proceeded based on prior learning, mutual learning and teaching in class, and post-class learning (assignments)
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Introduction to Instructional/Educational Technology, Cognitive Model of Learning | Reflection and preparation assignments for next class |
| Class 2 | Theory of Lesson Design, Instructional Design, Taxonomy of Educational Objectives | Reflection and preparation assignments for next class |
| Class 3 | Instructional Design, Nine Events of Instruction, ADDIE model | Reflection and preparation assignments for next class |
| Class 4 | Design of Learning Motivation, ARCS Model | Reflection and preparation assignments for next class |
| Class 5 | Teaching Skills for Proactive, Interactive, and Deep Learning, Active Learning Methods | Reflection and preparation assignments for next class |
| Class 6 | Making a Lesson Plan, Forecasting Class Situation, Learning and Teaching Evaluations | Reflection and preparation assignments for next class |
| Class 7 | Improvement of Lesson Plan | Reflection and preparation for final examinations |
Study advice (preparation and review)
Textbook(s)
Materials will be provided as needed.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Listed in the Japanese section.
Evaluation methods and criteria
60% of each lesson's assignment and 40% of the final exam.
Related courses
- LAT.A101 ： Introduction to the Teaching Profession A
- LAT.A102 ： Introduction to the Teaching Profession B
- LAT.A103 ： Educational Foundations A&B
- LAT.A108 ： Educational Administration and Finance
- LAT.A107 ： Educational System
- LAT.A104 ： Development and Learning I
- LAT.A105 ： Development and Learning II
- Method of (Subject Area) Teaching Ⅰ
- Method of (Subject Area) Teaching Ⅱ (Except Information Study)
- Courses certified as “ICT Literacy”
Prerequisites
・Students are required to earn all credit for related courses shown above. A student who is not fresher and has not completed one or more courses needs to pass the pre-test to attend the course before starting the course. For the schedule of the eligibility examinations, please refer to the Teacher's Education Web page. (Part-time students are required to contact the professor before applying the admission office in order to confirm whether prerequisites are satisfied.)
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
edutech[at]te.ila.isct.ac.jp （note: convert ”[at]” to ”@”)
Office hours
Please send an e-mail for appointment.
Other
・Students who intend to take only “Industry” license are recommended to take the course at the third grade.