CULTURE AND MODERN TECHNOLOGY
| Title | ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΜΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΣΥΓΧΡΟΝΗ ΤΕΧΝΟΛΟΓΙΑ / CULTURE AND MODERN TECHNOLOGY |
| Code | ΑΑΥΓ.008 |
| Faculty | Education |
| School | Early Childhood Education |
| Cycle / Level | 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Coordinator | Antonios Lenakakis |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600000683 |
Programme of Study: MASTER IN EDUCATION SCIENCES
Registered students: 20
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AISTHĪTIKĪ AGŌGĪ: THEŌRIA KAI DRASEIS | Compulsory Course | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Academic Year | 2018 – 2019 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Faculty Instructors | |
| Instructors from Other Categories | |
| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Class ID | 600132590
|
Course Type 2016-2020
- Scientific Area
- Skills Development
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600132590
- At the Website of the School:
- eLearning (Moodle):
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
Required Courses
- ΑΑΥΑ.001 THE EVOLUTION OF CULTURE: THEORIES AND FORMS
General Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of computers
Learning Outcomes
The students will learn:
the new Information Technologies and their relation with Culture
the virtual museums
methods and tools of interactive cultural applications for education and entertainment
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Adapt to new situations
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Work in an international context
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Generate new research ideas
- Design and manage projects
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
The aims of the course 'Culture and technology' are: (a) to highlight the oppotrunities offered by the DeInformation and Communication Technologies (ICT) to the teachers in primary education in the field of culture, (b) to convey the basic principles of Cultural Informatics through an interdisciplinary approach, and (c) to present concrete examples of interactive multimedia applications in museology and museum education.
Some of the issues that will be considered in the framework of the course are:
- Introduction to the concepts of culture, Cultural Informatics and their application in the educational process,
- Theories of museology and museum education, learning theories and their contribution to the implementation of applications in culture,
- Design, development and evaluation of interactive cultural applications for education and entertainment,
- Virtual museums and educational characteristics,
- Methods and tools for creating virtual representations and digital games in museology and museum education.
Keywords
VIRTUAL MUSEUMS, CULTURAL INFORMATICS, DIGITAL EDUCATIONAL GAMES
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Video lectures
- Multimedia
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
ppt, e-mail, electronic articles and books, webpages of museums
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 25 | ✓ | |||
| Reading Assigment | 50 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Tutorial | 75 | ✓ | |||
| Field trips and participation in conferences / seminars / activities | 50 | ✓ | |||
| Written assigments | 50 | ✓ | |||
| Total | 250 |
Student Assessment
Student Assessment methods
- Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
Courtney K. Blackwell, Alexis R. Lauricella, Ellen Wartella, Michael Robb, Roberta Schomburg, Adoption and use of technology in early education, The interplay of extrinsic barriers and teacher attitudes, Computers and Education 2013
Justine Howard , Gareth E. Miles & Laura Rees-Davies, Computer use within a play-based early years
curriculum, International Journal of Early Years Education 2012
Sonia Livingstone, Critical reflections on the benefits of ICT in education, Oxford Review of Education 2012
Binod Gurung, David Rutledge, Digital learners and the overlapping of their personal and
educational digital engagement, Computers and Education 2014
Susan Edwards,Digital play in the early years: a contextual response to the problem of integrating
technologies and play-based pedagogies in the early childhood curriculum, European Early Childhood Education Research Journal 2013
Özlem Yurta, Nilgün Cevher-Kalburanb, Early childhood teachers’ thoughts and practices about the use of
computers in early childhood education,Science Direct 2011
Courtney K. Blackwell, Alexis R. Lauricella, Ellen Wartella, Factors influencing digital technology use in earlychildhood education, Computers & Education 2014
Lydia Plowman & Joanna McPake, Seven Myths About Young Children and Technology,Computers & Education 2014
Babette Park, Lisa Knoerzer, Jan L. Plass, Roland Brünken, Emotional design and positive emotions in multimedia learning: An eyetracking study on the use of anthropomorphisms, Childhood Education 2013
Xia Liua, Eugenia I. Tokib, Jenny Pangea,The Use of ICT in Preschool Education in Greece and China: A
Comparative Study, Computers & Education 2015
Last Update
06-11-2018
