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This document provides information about the course "Computer-Based Curriculum Development" offered at Valley View University during the second semester of 2015/2016. The course will be taught on Thursdays from 8-11 AM by instructor Dorcas Boateng. It will explore theories of curriculum design and how computers and technology can support teaching and learning. By the end of the course students should be able to distinguish between a syllabus and curriculum, identify instructional design models, and develop instructional materials. Over nine weeks the course will cover topics such as curriculum components, approaches to design, implementation, and assessing curriculum while addressing future trends. References for the course include books on curriculum development and educational assessment.

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Course Outline

This document provides information about the course "Computer-Based Curriculum Development" offered at Valley View University during the second semester of 2015/2016. The course will be taught on Thursdays from 8-11 AM by instructor Dorcas Boateng. It will explore theories of curriculum design and how computers and technology can support teaching and learning. By the end of the course students should be able to distinguish between a syllabus and curriculum, identify instructional design models, and develop instructional materials. Over nine weeks the course will cover topics such as curriculum components, approaches to design, implementation, and assessing curriculum while addressing future trends. References for the course include books on curriculum development and educational assessment.

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VALLEY VIEW UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF SCIENCE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
SECOND SEMESTER, 2015/2016

COURSE CODE: BEIT 352


COURSE NAME: COMPUTER- BASED CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
INSTRUCTOR: DORCAS BOATENG
CLASS PERIOD: THURSDAYS, 8:00 -11:00 AM

COURSE DESCRIPTION
The course explore the general curriculum theories and design, and a number of current and
emerging curriculum design and development issues as they relate to introduction and the use of
computers and other educational technologies to support teaching and learning in the school
systems. The course exposes students to current educational delivery concepts and paradigms
that are being used to design suitable curriculum to support computer and other educational
technology-based education and learning within the school system.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
By the end of the course, the student should be able to:

Distinguish between a syllabus and a curriculum.


Identify the various models of Instructional design
Develop instructional materials for teaching and learning

COURSE CONTENT
Requirement for this course
Week 1: Concepts, Nature and Purposes of curriculum
Week 2: Elements/Components of curriculum
Week 3: Teaching/Learning process and curriculum development
Week 4: Curriculum Models and Types

Week 5: Principles and dimensions of curriculum design


Week 6: Approaches to curriculum design
Week 7: The implementation of curriculum
Week 8: Assessing the Curriculum
Week 9: Addressing the future: Curriculum local and global innovations trends issues and
concerns in curriculum

References

Bilbao, Purita P., et al. Curriculum development. Q. C. Lorimar, 2008.


Olive, P. F. (1992). Developing the curriculum (3rd ed.). New York: Harper Collins
Publishers Inc.

Nitko, A. J. (2004). Educational assessment of students. (4th ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ:
Prentice-Hall, Inc.

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