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General Information

Course Meetings:

 Open Lab: Thursdays

17:00-19:00 BAM 410

Class Lab: Thursdays

19:00-20:30 BAM 410

 Class Lecture: Thursdays

20:40-21:40 BAM 408

Instructor: Isabel Borrás

Office: BAM 422A

Office Hours: Tuesdays (3:00 p.m.- 4:30 p.m.) & by appointment

Phone: (619) 594 1678

E-mail: borras@mail.sdsu.edu

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Course Description

SPAN 696 introduces foreign language instructors and graduate students to the use of telecommunications technology for designing and delivering online pedagogical materials for instructor-led and distance courses. A primary focus of the class is on creating Web-based learning activities, lecture outlines, and academic papers. While gaining skill on instructional and web design principles, students will learn to create DHTML pages, practice a suite of JavaScript authoring programs (Half-Baked software), and learn the basics of the JavaScript programming language.

The course readings and site-evaluation procedures will provide students with a basis for researching the effectiveness of internet-based technologies for teaching and learning. The teaching-learning experience will be based on constructivist learning principles, iterative instructional design, and communicative FL teaching.

Course activities will include assigned readings, class discussions, course units planning, presentations, web site evaluation, hands on labs, and the development of a web-based project. An HTML editor, a suite of JavaScript authoring applications (Half-Baked software), and a JavaScript tutorial will be used for the hands on exercises and the development of the final projects.

Prerequisite: Basic Windows 98 or Macintosh file management skills, basic knowledge and skill using Web brrowsers, familiarity with communication tools (e-mail, Chat, etc.), and basic knowledge of a Web editor such as Adobe PageMill or Claris HomePage.

Number of participants: Limited to 20


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Goals


This course provides students with the knowledge and skill required to produce web-based materials for second/foreign language (SL/FL) instruction and research. Students will explore design strategies and technology tools that promote student-centered environments. They will assess the ability of such strategies and tools to enhance learning.

SKILL OBJECTIVES

Students will:

  • learn a minimum set of hypertext markup language (HTML) tags,
  • use a suite of authoring applications to create JavaScript based-exercises,
  • learn the basics of JavaScript programming language,
  • develop a site for an online FL course,
  • build an online FL teching unit with JavaScript exercises, and
  • use appropriate Internet tools for teaching, learning, and research.


 KNOWLEDGE OBJECTIVES

Students will:

  • understand the different philosophical and social psychological perspectives underlying the design and use of communication technologies in society, and
  • use concepts and theories learned in the course to research and address issues related to the use of communication technologies in SL/FL instruction. 

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 Last updated by I. Borrás: 9/9/98