In addition to developing the candidacy paper this course provides an overview of the profession. Students become familiar with the components of the candidacy paper & begin to research & develop information related to those components. Profession-related topics include vita construction, identifying & pursuing faculty positions in higher education, the major conferences & publications in the profession, the critical steps & major benchmarks in doctoral training & funding sources for doctoral research.

Advanced studies in the instructional design of educational television programs or extended video elements to be integrated into an educational, computer-based environment. Emphasis is on learning & instruction in relation to television, from cognitive science & constructivist perspectives, & the application of these perspectives to the design of ETV programs & elements that enable effective learning & support effective teaching. Emphasis is also on the process of developing programs & elements from research for the ?analysis & interpretation phase,? to scriptwriting, production, & postproduction. Students design & produce one significant program or set of elements, individually or in small groups. Discussion of readings & screenings of exemplary programs support advanced work.

Advanced design & production of instruction Web-based projects, including text, graphics, digitized images, & sound, using Dreamweaver, Flash, ColdFusion, & other applications. Address issues of of design, including knowledge representation, interactivity models, promoting various symbolic elements & systems through lectures, demonstrations, & project-based activities.

Educational leaders work in public and private schools & universities, as well as in social agencies, unions, community organizations, policy organizations, & educational think tanks, Increasingly, educational advocates need to understand how to collaborate with others to achieve their goals through collective &/or community action. In this course, we examine how social movements & advocacy organizations have influenced policy & practice in educational institutions. How do these organizations mobilize to achieve their purpose? This course examines the strategies & tactics that successful advocates use to organize constituencies & achieve their purposes.

Provides a basic understanding of computers & telecommunications. Initial competencies are developed in using the computer to meet the administrative & research needs of education.

This course examines the cognitive, cultural, & social issues related to four cornerstones of designing learning environments: prototype of model (scenarios of need), project group organization, usability, & critique. (Integrated into each cornerstone is the theme of values, ethics, & social justice.) An exemplar is discussed & then students form into a design team & take on the roles of developing a prototype of a unique learning environment based on the cornerstones. The selected environment can be a microworld, a game, distance education board, a content management system, a social network, or a computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) tool such as a media-based data archive & analysis tool. Throughout the course, we evaluate a range of existing learning environments that use technologies for game creation, toolkits, community builders, & emerging communications media. Final project includes a theoretical paper & an accompanying ?architecture? map/model, & workflow plan based on the theories presented in the course. Final projects are collaboratively critiques & adjudicated.

Focuses on institutional assessment, program evaluation, & accreditation by external quality assurance agencies, governmental organizations, & special groups. Examines approaches for building & maintaining institutional quality, including the role of strategic planning & resource allocation; defining, developing, & assessing outcomes including student learning; analyzing & presenting data; & developing & using institutional self-study reports.

Analysis of curriculum developments, teaching problems, & trends in business education in two-year colleges, in higher education, & in teacher-education institutions.

Analysis of curriculum developments, teaching problems, & trends in business education in two-year colleges, in higher education, & in teacher-education institutions.

This course will explore perspectives of college/university community, the impact of education & campus contexts, the various groups who comprise the college campus (e.g. traditional/non-traditional populations) & the dynamic of interaction that contribute to student development, retention, & other outcomes. The goals of this course are to increase awareness & understanding of the role that community & student subcultures play in the overall student experience while in college & how to structure communities to foster student success.

Students develop their own teaching philosophy & apply learning theory to the development of instructional methods appropriate for their content & teaching environment. Includes examination of learning theory, instructional techniques, tools, strategies, & issues related to effective teaching & adult learning in academic & organizational settings. Relevant research is critiqued.

Introduction to cognitive science applied to teaching, learning, & the design of instructional media. Readings include developments in cognitive science & descriptions & analysis of instructional programs developed in a cognitive science framework. The design & implementation of cognitive learning & teaching strategies are examined through class demonstrations, discussions, on-line activities, readings & projects. E-mail, World Wide Web, mailing lists, newsgroups, & other Internet applications are used to build a framework for network-based learning & teaching.

This course focuses on the social & cultural issues of learning as they relate to individual & group cognition in the context of media-rich technology learning environments. We explore how educational technologies are often designed from particular theoretical approaches that are linked to the work of leading educational research communities. We not only study the often hidden connection between the research community members & the technologies they affect, but also how these theories play upon each other in the invention of new paradigms for learning with technologies. In short, we delve deeply into constructivism/constructionism, scaffolding, apprenticeship, distributed cognition, computer-supported collaborative learning, knowledge-building communities, the learning sciences, perspectivity, & identity formation as they relate to the creation of successful & equitable learning environments for diverse populations of learners. Students write a final paper & conduct an evaluation of the embedded theories in an existing learning environment of their choice (such as Second Life, Logo, Scratch, NetLogo, The Sims).

Characteristics of students attending various types of colleges & universities. Theories of growth & development for traditional & older-aged students. Review of research on attendance & withdrawal, institutional environment & student subcultures, & the immediate & long-term effects of a college experience.

Analysis of the changing nature of workplace & workforce education. The colloquium examines such educational issues as workplace literacy, the corporate university, & government legislation & policies. Includes guest lectures by a wide variety of human resource professionals in classroom & site-specific settings. Selected current research related to these topics is also examined.

Analysis of the changing nature of workplace & workforce education. The colloquium examines such educational issues as workplace literacy, the corporate university, & government legislation & policies. Includes guest lectures by a wide variety of human resource professionals in classroom & site-specific settings. Selected current research related to these topics is also examined.

Critical analysis, supported by readings, of selected contemporary research issues & problems, theories, & methods in instructional media & technology. In addition to common readings, students identify & individually research articles related to their research interests & critically assess the studies. They also learn a statistical software program to anchor a conceptual understanding of the primary statistical procedures. The major task is to develop a research proposal that should inform the direction of their candidacy papers & serve as an initial draft of their dissertation.

This course focuses on the hardware or software development skills relevant to the design of current learning technologies. Students should have a prior background in design (typically one or more the Digital Media Design for Learning design foundations classes), plus whatever additional prerequisites are demanded by the educational technology under consideration. While students may be expected to work on design projects, the primary focus of the course is acquisition of hardware & software development skills relevant to contemporary educational technology design.

This course focuses on developing educational applications for iOS, the operating system for the iPad, iPhone, & iPad touch. Students should have a prior background in interface or educational design (for example EDCT-GE 2015, 2017, or 2158) and have basic knowledge of programming concepts. Students will be exposed to development of web applications for iOS as well as development of apps in Cocoa. Registration priority will be given to DMDL/ECT graduate students, although students in other programs or advanced undergraduates may register by permission of the instructor.

Principles & sources of curriculum construction; curriculum development in business education at various levels; the systems approach; concept & process of curricular change; participants in curriculum development & change; evaluation criteria for business curricula; review of research.

Principles & sources of curriculum construction; curriculum development in business education at various levels; the systems approach; concept & process of curricular change; participants in curriculum development & change; evaluation criteria for business curricula; review of research.

The application of conceptual & behavioral skills to the resolution of administrative problems through the utilization of simulated situations, role-playing, & case analyses.

Develops understanding & skills in the analysis & interpretation of demographic data using U.S. census, regional, & local data sets. Uses forecasting & strategic analysis methods as a basis for long-range planning of school facilities, programs, & client needs. Includes the use of computer-based methodologies, geographic information systems, & community asset mapping to formulate processes that connect schools with a wide array of higher education & community resources, including social service & health providers.

A guide in the design, development, management, & evaluation of learning programs in an organizational setting. Topics include needs assessment, adult learning theory, & learning technologies.

A guide in the design, development, management, & evaluation of learning programs in organizational settings. Topics include the development of learning program proposals, innovative instructional techniques, & the best practices in learning management.

An immersion into the world of media & communication technologies in a broad spectrum of educational & cultural settings. Explores learning with technology & media from various angle, taking a critical, comparative look at trends in design & theory, & the social & historical contexts of learning, while developing hands-on digital, graphic, & video production skills. Students analyze how communication technologies & media are influencing cultural & educational institutions , before selecting a more intensive & individualized focus for their project work. Combines seminars led by NYU & international scholars & experts, with field trips & workshops, includes visits to a range of cultural centers that innovate with media.

This course is an examination of the opportunities & problematics of using digital video & other new media forms in educational research. In this course, students create & critique ethnographic video accounts, & they use online analysis tools to understand how participatory research communities are created. This course is designed specifically for students with a focus on how technologies are used as tools in educational research. The course is also of interest to educators involved in using video as an investigative tool in their classrooms.

This seminar facilitates the design & critical review of proposed doctoral research. Serves an integrating function for the study prior to undertaking full-scale doctoral research. Course credit is granted only upon completion of a doctoral research proposal.

This seminar facilitates the design & critical review of proposed doctoral research. Serves an integrating function for the study prior to undertaking full-scale doctoral research. Course credit is granted only upon completion of a doctoral research proposal.

For Course Description SEE: E98.3015.

Facilitate the design & critical review of proposed doctoral research for students who have completed a literature review & identified a prospective dissertation chair. Serves an integrating function for the study prior to undertaking full-scale doctoral research.

Examines current issues & research relating to participation & success of students & faculty from different backgrounds in U.S. higher education. Emphasis is on the interplay between ethnicity & institutional, societal, governmental, & personal influences on participation & retention of students & faculty. Considers the extent to which efforts by institutions & governments have been successful in encouraging access & retention in various levels & types of institutions.

The goal of the doctoral colloquium in ECT is to bring together doctoral students & faculty to exchange ideas, discuss research projects, to get to know one another, & to build a community of researchers. Doctoral graduates from our program will talk about their research results, current doctoral candidates will present their ongoing research projects, & new doctoral students will present ideas for future research. On occasion, we will also invite researchers from other universities to present & discuss their work. In all these cases, we aim for an active discussion & debate of the work presented.

This colloquium provides an opportunity for doctoral students to work closely with program faculty in studying major texts/theorists in the field of higher education. Topics will vary from year to year.

Facilitates the design & critical review of proposed doctoral research. Serves as an integrating function for the study prior to undertaking full-scale doctoral research. Course credit is granted only on completion of a doctoral research proposal.

All new doctoral students register for this integrative seminar. The focus is on higher & workplace education as a professional field, on the conduct of literature reviews, on writing a synthesis, of the research literature & on understanding research. The goal of the seminar is the production of a paper that can with additional development help the student achieve candidacy.

Considers essential elements of economic theories of the public finance & human capital. Examines arguments for & against various policy strategies for funding higher education. Provides knowledge of higher education finance & budgeting & undergraduate student aid. Includes a Virtual University simulation that provides experience working with key variables.

Develops an understanding of legal principles & procedures affecting the work of the teacher, administrator & school board member. Consideration of legislation & court decisions arising in connection with organization, policies, & administration of school & districts. Major topics are certification, tenure, tort liability, academic freedom, civil rights, religion & the schools, legal implications of fiscal policy for the creation of learning opportunities, & consideration of powers of the commissioner, school boards, legislatures, superintendents, principals, & trustees.

Introduction to & application of major instructional design models, particularly as they relate to the development of instructional materials & resources for such technologies as computer-based multimedia, network telecommunications, & television. Models are compared for their substantive & procedural approaches to analyses of needs, content, instructional philosophy, learners, social environment, culture. Developments in the field & critical issues, including conflicts between objectivist & constructivist instructional design models, are addressed in historical perspective.

The course introduces students to hypermedia, multimedia design concepts, & web environments, based on principles drawn from instructional design models & cognitive & constructivist perspectives on learning. Students develop an understanding of the unique design potential & challenges of Web-based instructional materials. Students develop skills in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, & Flash to design web sites & incorporate multimedia content into the sites. In addition to class exercises, each student will create a functional web site demonstrating his/her skills & prepare a design document explaining its educational benefit & design principles employed.

In this doctoral seminar, students will develop an understanding of the ways in which they may inquire about policy issues relevant in their academic & professional lives. By exploring in depth a substantial body of knowledge drawn from selected cases & current theoretical issues, students will study the development of policy, the instruments used to effect policy, & some analyses of implementation.

In this doctoral seminar, students will develop an understanding of the ways in which they may inquire about policy issues relevant in their academic & professional lives. By exploring in depth a substantial body of knowledge drawn from selected cases & current theoretical issues, students will study the development of policy, the instruments used to effect policy, & some analyses of implementation.

Exploration of educational reform & leadership in the context of fundamental economic, cultural & technological changes that have occurred globally particularly in the last 30 years. Study of its impact on the policy, organizational, & classroom levels, as well as implications for the concept of an ?educated person,? private & public social spheres, radicalized & gendered identities, & youth culture. Classical liberal & neo-liberal economic & political issues will be explored along with their impact on educational institutions.

Educational technologies have become essential for international exchange as a ‘leapfrog’ technology for development, as a way of bridging distance in education, & as an important means for the preservation & dissemination of local cultures & contexts. Educational technology is a significant & growing force worldwide, & not only in industrialized nations. E-learning, open educational resources, m-learning, & educational media are transforming not only formal primary, secondary, & postsecondary education, but also rural economic development, agriculture, & women’s empowerment. In this course, we look at how educational communications & technology shape, & are shaped by, their context internationally.

Introduction to the design and production of educational video programs & video segments to be integrated into educational multimedia programs. Emphasis is on the unique characteristics of motion pictures for educational communication & the application of cognitive science views of learning to the design of video programs & segments to support learning in both linear & nonlinear environments. Includes instructional design & writing; production management; directing: Digital production, editing, & graphics technology. Students work in crews on location.

Intermediate design & production of educational video programs & video segments to be integrated into educational multimedia programs. Emphasis is on the application of cognitive science views of learning to the design of video programs & segments to support learning in linear & nonlinear environments. Includes advanced instructional design & writing; producing & production management; directing: & the use of digital production, editing, & graphics technology (application such as Photoshop & Flash may be used to create media to integrate into productions). Students work individually & in crews, on location.

Focus is on theoretical & practice-based understandings of admissions & retention programming in U.S. colleges. Links between practice & the theory & research relating to college choice, access, & retention will be explored. Variations by student population & institutional type will be presented & implications for programming will be considered.

This course is an introduction to tele-, or, rather tech-communications & its educational applications. The course has a thematic overview that addresses the range of theories, strategies, & methods of studying the design of emerging learning technologies. In particular, we explore ?design strategies? from both an instructionist & a constructionist perspective. In doing so we explore how these two perspectives complement, supplement, & at times conflict with the goals of a design project.

Study & analysis of significant current writing in national business & business education periodicals & books; consideration of solutions to inherent problems & application to business & classroom settings.

Characteristics of good tests, construction of informal tests, simple statistical techniques in testing, use of tests in diagnosis, & remedial teaching & evaluation of the testing materials available in business subjects.

Deals with research & practice regarding leadership of school units, with emphasis on the knowledge & planning required of school leaders focused on the provision of high quality instruction. Emphasis is on the study & design of classroom & school processes that promote equity in educational opportunities across the school community, including design of learning environments, accountability systems, & assessment strategies. The legal & fiscal environments in which school function are introduced.

Building on an understanding of higher education management issues, this course will present various approaches to external quality assurance, including accreditation, & will utilize an international perspective. Through case studies, this course will present the various roles & responsibilities of the external quality assurance (EQA) agencies in different national settings & the major approaches they follow to serve their policy contexts. Challenges, national contexts, & current topics in EQA processes will be covered.

Study of faculty personnel policies & practices: recruitment, selection, teaching, effectiveness, salaries, tenure determination, evaluation, & dismissal. Issues of collective bargaining & faculty development are also included.

Problems of financing both public & private institutions of higher education. An examination of the financial needs of institutions & of policies & practices to meet these needs. Attention is give to the organization & operation of financial programs & to federal, state, & foundation activities in financing higher education.

Introduces colleges & universities as a career professional field. Emphasis on historical development, philosophical & sociological foundations, the structure & variety of students & institutions; governance & administration, professional standards, the role of specialists, ethical problems & relationships to other professions & educational sectors.

Introduces colleges an university student personnel administration as a professional area. Emphasis on the historical development of the profession, professional standards, the role of specialists in the field, ethical problems, & relations to other helping professions & services.

Introduction to the interdisciplinary field of societal & educational futures studies; the literature of futures studies; instructional methods & materials for teaching futures studies in elementary & secondary, & higher education; special emphasis on use of futures studies in long-range strategic planning; overview of the methodology of futures research; experience with selected futures research methods.

Introduces theories of learning, learning through play, & the role of technology in education. Students will encounter a wide variety of game genres through critiquing & playtesting current & historic videogames. Students will do preliminary game design with history, theory, learning outcomes & learner characteristics in mind.

A study abroad course designed to provide students with an opportunity to examine higher education systems in other countries & to discover & analyze similarities & differences in comparison to higher education in the United States. Through visits to universities & public & private colleges, students will engage in discussions with government officials, higher education leadership, faculty members, deans of students & their staffs & students in foreign institutions. The course explores the role that higher education systems in other countries address issues of equity & their role in the stratification of society.

Examines globalization & higher education in Brazil with comparison to the United States through an historical overview & an analysis of contemporary issues. Students will gain an understanding of the variety of higher education institutions in Brazil (large/small, public/private/religious, etc.) & will become familiar with issues of equity & access, internationalization in higher education, faculty & student mobility, variation among public versus private universities’ economic structures, the role of foreign university partnerships, & other higher education issues. Visits to public & private universities & colleges in Brazil allow students to engage in discussions with directors, faculty members, deans & students.

Designed to provide graduate students with an opportunity to examine India?s higher education system & to discover & analyze similarities & differences in comparison to higher education in the United States. Through visits to universities & public & private colleges, we will engage in discussion with directors, faculty members, deans of students & their staffs & students themselves. Special lectures with sociologists & national officials will help us understand the goals & future aspirations of Indian higher education & how higher education meets the social, political, & cultural needs of society. In addition to meeting on the campus in New York, students will participate in a two week travel program in India that will provide an in-depth case study of its higher education. The course includes lectures from scholars & visits to Indian colleges & universities to meet with faculty, administrators, & students. Additional sessions will be held with directors of the national government commission on the future of higher education. Topics will include curricular options, admissions requirements, distribution of students by class & ethnic group, college climate, & services offered.

The study trip to Israel is designed to provide graduate students with an opportunity to examine Israel?s higher education system & to discover & analyze similarities & differences in comparison to higher education in the United States. Through visits to universities & public & private colleges, we will engage in discussions with rectors, faculty members, deans of students & their staffs, & students themselves. Special lectures with sociologists & national officials will help us understand the goals & future aspirations of Israeli higher education & how higher education meets the social & political, & cultural needs of society. In addition to meeting on the campus in New York, students will participate in a series of site visits in Israel that will provide an in-depth case study of its higher education. The course includes lectures from scholars & visits to 6 Israeli colleges & universities to meet with faculty, administrators, & students. Additional sessions will be held with directors of the National Council on Higher Education & a recent government commission on the future of higher education. Topics will include curricular options, admissions requirements, distribution of students by class & ethnic group, college climate, & services offered.

This course is designed to provide graduate students with an opportunity to examine Turkey's higher education system & to discover & analyze similarities & differences in comparison to higher education in the United States & other countries. The course will focus on Turkey's ancient & very recent university traditions. Turkey has several institutions of higher learning, which date back more than 500 years, & has also seen rapid development & expansion among universities in the last few decades. Changes in national law in 1981 permitted the establishment of private non-profit universities. Today, there are 102 public universities & 52 private universities, several which are internationally ranked, all under the jurisdiction of central policy agencies & a national testing & admissions system.

This course provides an introductory exploration & analysis of the impact of globalization on higher education. International, regional, & national systems of higher education will form the base for the discussion of issues related to increased demand for access, growth, & concerns over quality. The course contributes to an understanding of contextual factors relevant to setting policy for external quality assurance agencies, especially relating to coordination of different models & international exchange of credits, degrees, students, & personnel.

This course provides an introductory exploration & analysis of the impact of globalization on higher education. International, regional, & national systems of higher education will form the base for the discussion of issues related to increased demand for access, growth, & concerns over quality. The course contributes to an understanding of contextual factors relevant to setting policy for external quality assurance agencies, especially relating to coordination of different models & international exchange of credits, degrees, students, & personnel

Investigation of governance structures & practices in American colleges & universities. Study of the effect on such structures & practices of a number of identifiable sets of variables: public/private, urban/rural, autonomous/system-connected. Exploration of relationships of such variables as goals, authority, & power on the effectiveness & efficiency of instructional & administrative outcomes.

Analysis of the changing role of higher education in a diverse & contemporary society. Emphasis is placed on the mission & role of public & private two-year & four-year colleges in urban settings. Federal & state higher education policies along with recent court decisions are reviewed in relation to their impact on educational access, equity, & pluralism. Recent social & educational systemic initiatives developed to respond to the needs of a?growing diverse society are examined.

This one-semester workshop enables students in the M.A. Higher Education & Student Affairs to launch & complete their capstone project, which consists of a professional philosophy statement & portfolio. The capstone requires students to apply their academic & experiential learning to challenges found in the professional field.

Examines legal problems & issues as they affect the students, faculty, & administrators of colleges & universities. Major topics include liability, contract law, due process, confidentiality of records, search & seizure, & discrimination.

Individually designed internship program to meet special needs of doctoral candidates. Experiences may combine supervised work assignments at metropolitan universities, colleges, or community colleges with research studies to be completed in connection with such work responsibilities.

Introduction to the organizational dynamics of colleges & universities. Beginning with a review of organizational theory, students will review the various types of college structures (universities, four-year colleges, community colleges, for profit colleges.) Students will study key functional areas: finance; enrollment management; academic affairs; student services & explore how these areas are affected by governance & managerial approaches. Assignments will include case studies that present examples of strategic planning & management challenges.

A study of the contemporary office & the impact information technology has on the needs & skills of the individual, the workshops, & the design of the workplace. Specific topics include usability analysis, hardware design, & environmental ergonomics. Current research & practices are examined; field experiences are included.

Instruction techniques, methods, & procedures for teaching business content in collegiate & business settings. Students concentrate on methods useful in their areas of specialization such as accounting, business law, management, marketing, & information systems. Relevant instructional theories & research are examined.

Individual & small group work in organization theory & research methods, educational systems & environments, & administrative skills & professional socialization in educational administration.

Integrated experiences in the design, implementation, & evaluation of information systems. Emphasis on case studies & field experiences where appropriate. Includes the synthesis of research & discussion of current topics.

Designed to examine, compare, & evaluate theoretical approaches & conceptual models for the study of complex organizations. Theoretical bases for research & organization analysis are explored.

An introduction to systems analysis & design with emphasis on theory & practice related to information systems assessment, design, implementation & evaluation. Research findings relative to information systems are examined; field experiences are included.

Review of major theories of organizational change & innovation. Recent innovations & case studies examined. Impact of innovative changes on institutional governance, faculty, students, teaching, & curricula.

Internships are developed for field experiences in business & business education settings. For business, internships include on site examinations of procedures, policies & technology; for business, education, intercepts provide experiences in classroom settings with master teachers. Seminar meetings are held with program faculty to analyze experiences within the designated field setting.

Integration, use, & value of television programs & student video productions for instructional purposes in K-12 & higher education curricula & instruction & in training settings. Instructional uses of television are examined across the 20th century & in the context of wider social & educational trends. Includes approaches to television literacy education. The roles of teachers, trainers, & administrators in implementing instructional practices supported by television.

Students develop skills in the fundamentals of nonlinear video editing by creating short video segments. Emphasis is on the application of editing concepts & principles to the design of video programs in a nonlinear environment; digital editing techniques for picture & sound; special effects, animation, graphics. A Macintosh Quadra-based VideoCube editing system is used.

Prepares students to integrate digital media & technology into learner curricula. Through demonstrations, hands-on use, & application projects, students gain experience with the roles digital tools play to support teaching methods & learning strategies associated with a continuum of learner- & teacher-centered educational approaches & goals. Students develop skills in HTML, podcasting, digital storytelling, use of Web 2.0 tools (e.g., content management systems, social networks, e-portfolios), digital video, & virtual worlds in order to design & formatively assess engaging learning communities.

The structure of business education in both the developed & the developing countries of the world outside the United States. Current problems are considered that are relevant to teaching business subjects in these countries, at all levels & in all types of institutions, & the training of educators for international service.

The structure of business education in both the developed & the developing countries of the world outside the United States. Current problems are considered that are relevant to teaching business subjects in these countries, at all levels & in all types of institutions, & the training of education for international service.

An in-depth study of education reform in an international context. The goal is to understand policy reform, with attention to the contexts & variables contributing to reform initiatives. With emphasis on original research & the exchange of ideas, students will explore educational reform's contextual variables & the push & pull of factors such as globalization & key international institutions involved in reform. Different theoretical frameworks used to understand educational reform will be examined.

This course focuses on the history, design, variety, impact & challenges of contemporary study abroad programs. The links between internationalization & globalization in the development of study abroad programs in the United States will be analyzed. Discussion will include the origins of study abroad; the many varieties of academic formats, sponsorships & venues; the demographics of student participants; the academic, cultural & personal learning of students; & the academic & administrative challenges faced by sponsoring colleges and universities.

Internships are developed for field experiences in business & business education settings. For business, internships include on site examinations of procedures, policies & technology; for business, education, internships provide experiences in classroom settings with master teachers. Seminar meetings are held with program faculty to analyze experiences within the designated field setting.

Internships are developed for field experiences in business & business education settings. For business, internships include on site examinations of procedures, policies & technology; for business, education, intercepts provide experiences in classroom settings with master teachers. Seminar meetings are held with program faculty to analyze experiences within the designated field setting.

Internships are developed for field experiences in business & business education settings. For business, internships include on site examinations of procedures, policies & technology; for business, education, intercepts provide experiences in classroom settings with master teachers. Seminar meetings are held with program faculty to analyze experiences within the designated field setting.

For those considering college teaching or desiring to improve their competencies as instructors. Students intern with master teachers, teach classes under critical supervision, develop, administer, & grade examinations, & analyze results. Several meetings are held with an instructor in the department to discuss problems in college teaching.

For those considering college teaching or desiring to improve their competencies as instructors. Students intern with master teachers, teach classes under critical supervision, develop, administer, & grade examinations, & analyze results. Several meetings are held with an instructor in the department to discuss problems in college teaching.

Each student is assigned to a selected superintendent, supervising principle, or official of an educational organization who serves as a supervising administrator. The student?s activities include field experiences in administration & community leadership.

Open only to full-time students enrolled in the master's program in Student Personnel Administration in Higher Education. Internship experience in student personnel & academic administration, including regularly scheduled seminar meetings. Students explore the history & scope of higher education & student affairs. They will also discuss problems, investigate issues in professional practice, & conduct case studies pertinent to student roles & responsibilities

For graduate students who hold internships in administration or supervision in school systems or educational organizations. Practical problems that arise in the internship are discussed; development of competence in rendering professional leadership service is the focus.

In this culminating experience students engage in fieldwork in a community-based or advocacy organization & participate in a university seminar to discuss their field-based experiences. Students develop a professional platform, keep reflective journals, & intern under the mentorship of field-based supervisors. Seminar discussions focus on issues of educational leadership, politics & advocacy in field-based organizations.

A survey of the major technologies, both hardware & software, used to support end users-managers, professional/technical staff, sales, & administrative support. With an emphasis on technology selection & implementation, the course assists the student in understanding the hardware & software options available & how to manage their introduction & use in organizations. Text, data, image, & video based technologies as well as major vendors are examined in terms of their evolution, current state of maturity, & future directions

The administration of complex organizations. Development of administration skills in planning, decision making, leadership, training, & assessment in education & other management settings.

Students are placed in elementary, middle, or high school settings for student teaching experiences in diverse practices in educational media & technology. These might include, for example. practices in technology integration & implementation, coordination & leadership in technology-related reform efforts, support to teachers for curricular & instructional uses of media & technology to improve learning, support to teachers & students in media design & production as well as in media education & literacy.

Develops awareness & understanding of the dynamics of change. Theoretical frameworks are used to aid students in improving their ability to undertake leadership responsibility & to facilitate school improvement. Planning & analysis of school reforms address issues of classroom organization, school community, & relationships between schools & communities.

Leadership in Higher Education is designed to give students an understanding of several major theoretical approaches to understanding leadership, & to study how leadership functions within higher education. Students explore many theories of leadership, using case studies to evaluate their usefulness. Readings include approaches to the analysis of colleges & universities including an assessment of which leadership styles & strategies can be most effective.

To enter the workplace as a designer of formal & informal technology-rich learning environments, students from Education, the Arts, & Industry need to become fluent with advances in social cognitive theory as well as the state-of-the-art technical affordances of social media. In this course students learn to apply a range of social media - wikis, games, digital video stories & mini-moves, social networking, & virtual worlds - as they work in teams to develop a curriculum module for both teaching & learning. Students will use the Perspectivity Framework, a framework that enables stake holders to layer diverse “points of viewing” using appropriate technologies required to investigate a complex topic.

An introduction to the concepts & methods used in the analysis & design of computer-based educational information systems. Explores the issues & tools applicable at each stage of information systems analysis & design. Topics include feasibility studies, analysis of input/processing/output requirements, data organization & file structure, & project planning & control.

Administrative activities & services that must be efficiently & effectively delivered to faculty, students, administrators & trustees to ensure the fiscal, enrollment & infrastructure success of the community college. Emphasis will be placed on issues such as greater accountability & productivity from administrative & instructional processes.

Characteristics of good tests, construction of informal tests, simple statistical techniques in testing, use of tests in diagnosis, & remedial teaching & evaluation of the testing materials available in business subjects.

This course examines the nature, application, & use of media - including video, audio, multi-image, computer-based multimedia, Internet, & tie-ins - for such shared learning environments as cultural institutions, historical & visual arts museums, communications & entertainment museums & visitor information centers through the analysis of site visits & case studies. The use of media in curating & interpretation of exhibit environments, educational programs, orientation presentations, community interface, development & fund-raising programs is examined. Emphasis centers on developing criteria in decision-making processes regarding the variety of media choices available, analysis of the visitor experience, the learning environment & the ways in which media choices can serve a museum?s or visitor?s centers? goals.

Students are placed in field internships in the educational media profession. They learn through supervised participation in instructional technology, instructional design & production, & wide-ranging other professional practices. Professional settings include., for example, corporate, cultural, communications, non-profit, health, & educational media development organizations.

Minority-serving institutions (i.e., historically Black colleges & universities, Tribal colleges & universities, Hispanic-serving institutions & Asian-serving institutions) all play a significant but under-examined role in American higher education. In this course students will learn about the development & evolution of these institutions in the context of American higher education both historically & more contemporarily. Students will learn to characterize MSIs based on their student populations, funding schemes, politics, & other relevant issues.

This course addresses the role of narrative when designing serious games, simulations, social media, & documentary storytelling. Narrative forms have been used for teaching & learning given their role in memory, cognition, the engagement of learners, as well as in case studies for learning, teaching, & research. This course explores the design principles & constitutive elements of narrative-centered learning. Special emphasis is given to designing media narratives that enable & support pedagogical models including story-based learning, digital storytelling, & entertainment education, & goal-based scenarios.

Building on an understanding of higher education management issues, this course focuses on the structure & management of external quality assurance (accreditation) agencies including cycles & methods of review, essential elements of approval & recognition stages for higher education institutions, training of external reviewers, decision making, reporting & follow-up, & mediating between government, employers & higher education institutions. Student learning will focus on the functioning of a quality assurance agency, including policies & procedures, governance & management, funding, stake holder relations, selection & training of reviewers, & provision of information.

Basic principles of development & explication of theory about organization. Survey of theories on the structure & design of organizations, with emphasis on application of theories & concepts to educational organizations.

Examination of theories of individual, interpersonal, & group behavior in organizations. Emphasis on development of skills in analyzing theory & research to understand & study complex organizations.

Explores tools of political & strategy in education, including concepts & theoretical frameworks applicable to the political process; political & governance structures in education, & major issues in educational policy.

Influential factors, processes, & theories pertaining to problem solving & concept attainment. Status of current research in these areas & implications of research for teaching. Included are topics of language & thinking.

Context is which media for education is produced & experiences. Emphasis is placed on identifying key players, organizational structure, NFPs, proposals, project management, intellectual property issues, & what affects the media production & implementation process, Includes guest speakers and/or site visits. Recent examples include the American Museum of Natural History, Wildlife Conservation Society, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Sunburst Technology, Kognito Solutions, Visions in Education & Media, Sesame Workshop, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Edwin Schlossberg, Inc., as well as producers, software designers/publishers, & filmmakers.

Advanced theory-research integration seminar. Designed to examine, compare, & evaluate theories & conceptual models applicable to the study of complex organizations. Explorations of the relationships between the conceptualization & the design of research. Emphasis placed on the development by students of theoretical bases for doctoral dissertation research.

Advanced theory-research integration seminar. Designed to examine, compare, & evaluate theories & conceptual models applicable to the study of complex organizations. Explorations of the relationships between the conceptualization & the design of research. Emphasis placed on the development by students of theoretical bases for doctoral dissertation research.

Introduces students to graduate study in educational leadership. Students develop habits of scholarship while exploring the lived realities of children & their school experiences. This dual focus deepens understanding of educational leadership & practice, e.g., student outcomes & the State learning standards, effects of testing, implications of reform policies.

Open only to part-time students enrolled in the master's program in Student Personnel Administration in Higher Education. The seminar reviews the history & scope of higher education & student affairs; studies structure & function of administrative & professional norms & ethics; issues of professional practice & supervision; case studies pertienent to student roles & responsibilities

The application of quantitative methods to organizational analysis, problem-solving, & research. Utilizes appropriate computer hardware & software technology for analyzing empirical data drawn from practical organizational & administrative settings.

For Course Description SEE: E85.3027

Study & analysis of significant current writing in national business & business education periodicals & books; consideration of solutions to inherent problems & application to business & classroom settings

Examines cognitive & cultural issues related to the visual design of learning environments, including media selection, representation of information, fundamentals of visual design, interface design & metaphors. A second focus is cognitive & cultural issues related to interaction design, including types & levels of interactivity, levels of user control, & media-specific instructional strategies for different levels of engagement. Students study these issues in group work, in discussions, through critical examination & evaluation of examples, through the design of media interface & interactions for an educational project of their choice, & by writing a theoretical paper.

Introduction to the research process in the postsecondary & workplace setting. Students will develop skills to evaluate research studies & reports. Additionally, we will develop skills for educational research & evaluation. As part of an action research proposal, students will develop data collection procedures & instruments appropriate to investigating focusing on problems in administration & teaching & learning in post secondary educational settings, including learning environments in the public & private sectors.

Candidates for the Master of Arts degree conduct their MA Final Project, required of all candidate for the degree in the ECT program in this course. The purpose of the MA Final Project is to give students nearing graduation the opportunity to integrate & apply what they have gained through previous academic coursework & field experiences to major culminating projects while being supervised by ECT faculty members. Options for M.A. Final Projects include instructional design & development projects, research studies, & comprehensive literature reviews & analyses.

Examines the history of school choice in the United States & in other countries, one of the most controversial & fastest growing policies in public education. This course covers choice policies in the U.S. from early southern academies to current charter schools & vouchers.

Practical course designed to acquaint the student with research design & methodology in order to facilitate an understanding of research in the administration of educational organizations. Focuses on critical evaluation of research studies & comparative assessment of organizational analyses.

Provides an introduction to research on simulations & games, with a focus on choosing the appropriate approach, e.g., playtesting, evaluation, or efficacy research, & the appropriate methods, e.g., think aloud protocols, video research, eye tracking, EEG/EMG, user log data, or biometrics. Reading assignments, class discussions, & case studies will be used to discuss the goals, methods, design, & setup of these methods & prepare students to design & execute their own playtesting & evaluation research for learning games of their choice.

Development of research techniques & their application to business & business education. Methods of evaluating research studies in both business & business education areas are developed.

Covers the purposes, roles, responsibilities, functions & competencies of the business administrator in organizing & managing the financial affairs of a school district. The focus is on improving educational outcomes. Introduces legal, ethical, & recommended practices in personnel administration; budgeting, accounting, & auditing; purchasing, warehousing, & supply management; school plant maintenance & operation; insurance & risk management; & pupil transportation & food services.

Focuses on leadership issues & experiences critical at the district level level, including relationships with school boards, community engagement, facilities planning & utilization, management & facilitation of interagency collaboration, workforce development of systems for compliance with mandates for education of children with disabilities & for ELL, testing & accountability, & the distribution of equitable learning opportunities.

Focuses on three major areas: finance (i.e., revue & expenditures, state aid, taxation, equity, enrollments, inflation, & productivity); budgeting (i.e., preparation & management of a district budget, accounting requirements, state reporting, management control of cash flow, personnel requirements, purchasing, & other fiscal services); facilities (building, maintenance, use). Computerized techniques in fiscal management operations are analyzed.

Designed to help instructors at the post secondary level, corporate educators, & administrators understand how adults use a formal & informal learning strategies. Students will analyze a variety of workplace learning issues & develops organizational solutions, including applications for institutions of higher education. An additional outcome of the course is a targeted literature search.

Examines the potential of various genres of simulation & games (both analog & digital) as learning technologies through readings, discussion, play, design, & research. Literacy, identity, genre, interactivity, play, story, emotions, presence, & information visualization are among the cultural & cognitive concepts covered in this course. Student-selected assignments typically include reflections on game & simulation play, integrating games & simulations in formal learning environments, designing & developing prototypes of educational games & simulations, & conducting short exploratory research.

The integration of concepts related to understanding the development & evaluation of workplace learning practices. Students combine business management & adult learning concepts as a framework to plan for & evaluate a wide range of training approaches in organizations.

The study of benchmark techniques, learning materials, & technologies appropriate for microcomputer technical skills training in post secondary schools & organizational learning environments. Emphasis is on instructional techniques & materials appropriate for end-user instruction/learning. Includes strategies for assessing microcomputer learner needs, planning effective microcomputer learning & teaching strategies, & evaluating. Classroom lectures are supplemented by laboratory experience that includes demonstrations of teaching strategies.

Exploration of the issues affecting the American college, its development, present status, & prospects for the future. Special attention given to problems related to administration & governance, students, faculty, & curriculum & teaching. in comparison with international post-secondary institutions.

Course focuses on the study of environments with a particular focus on the college campus. Examine various approaches to describing environments & learning ways to assess various settings in the college environment. Course also includes the interaction between students & their environments & the implications this has for administrators in higher education. Course is intended for mid-level administrators in higher education & embodies a practitioner-oriented approach to the study of the campus environment. Designed to meet the needs of practitioners who must understand ways that the environment influence student behaviors & experiences.

Designed to promote an understanding of the many facets of the college & university presidency. Students investigate & analyze the college presidency from class discussions & research. Special emphasis is placed on the president as institutional leader to both internal & external constituents.

Examination of the organization, function, & objectives of two-year colleges. Investigation of their operations, including research into problems of curriculum development, student services, articulation, & special programs designed to meet community needs.

Deals with research & practice regarding school leadership & teacher work, including analysis of current policies, practices, standards of ethical behavior, & trends in professional & student development. The conditions of teachers? work, support for ongoing professional learning, engagement in planning & decision making are explored. Also focuses on workforce development (recruitment, staffing, tenure, promotion, & retirement); fiscal issues (salary, welfare, & fringe benefits); distributed power (academic freedom, teacher unionism, negotiations, grievance procedures); development of staff, board, & community relationships, collaboration with colleges & universities in teacher preparation.

This course examines how college impact students. Specifically, it is designed to introduce graduate students to those pre-&-existing institutional conditions, educational practices, & campus experiences that influence student decision-making, ranging from college choice to retention. Students will learn about major theoretical perspectives explaining the formative relationship between the college environment & the student, the research informing & emerging from these perspectives, & how each can be used to inform their own processes of decision-making regarding what constitutes the effective educational policies & practices

Analysis of the relationship between higher education & the development of political policy, with particular attention to both federal & state interest in university activities; impact of federal aid on the structure & development of universities & colleges; emergence of academic interest groups on the national & state levels & their role in shaping higher education policy.

Examines the politics of teaching & leading in multicultural school communities. Explores how dominant cultures, subcultures, & countercultures influence the education of children. Illuminates the expectations, interests & concerns that diverse subcommunities bring to public school environments, & examines the relationships between public schools & the multiple communities they serve.

Explores theoretical approaches used to study college students. Examines competing frameworks & the contributions of emergent approaches to understanding college students. Tracks the evolution of several approaches to better understand the research process.

Examines the challenges of transforming high schools to increase educational opportunity & outcomes of urban youth. We will investigate past efforts to transform urban high schools as well as more current school reform efforts such as small schools, charter schools & middle colleges. Using relevant theories on educational change & an in-depth study of school reform, we will examine the roles that principals, teachers, & external providers play in sustaining the change process & analyze the challenges of leading , teaching & learning in today?s changing urban high schools.

The integration of concepts related to understanding the development & evaluation of workplace learning practices. Students combine business management & adult learning concepts as a framework to plan for & evaluate a wide range of training approaches in organizations.

Analysis of the changing nature & demands of business occupations through seminars & field trips to such places as banks, insurance companies, clearing houses, publishing houses, distribution centers, brokerage offices, buying offices, & shopping center development areas.