LLC750 (graduate) - CULTURE &
THE DESIGN OF INFORMATION &
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (ICTs)
This course investigates
theories of culture and how culture can
influence the design of information and
communication technologies (ICTs). It
seeks to evaluate frameworks that focus on
culture and the design of ICTs, critique
existing ICTs that propose a cultural
context and engage in design and analytic
work that brings culture to the center of
the design process.
Theory and research are
gathered across fields (i.e., business,
industry, schools) and disciplines (e.g.,
Literacy, Information Systems, Learning
Science & Cognition, Educational
Science & Technology, Information
Science, Industrial Engineering,
Instructional Design & Technology).
Participants in this course are encouraged
to investigate the design of ICTs in their
related disciplines.
This course is designed
for teacher candidates. Participants
use criteria consistent with findings of
scientific research to select, evaluate,
and compare instructional programs and
materials for teaching reading. Teacher
candidates learn how to help students
become strategic, fluent, and independent
readers using a variety of texts and other
materials. They are prepared to involve
parents and members of the school and
surrounding community to promote reading
both inside and outside of school.
This course is designed to
assist pre-service and in-service teachers
in understanding the reading acquisition
process through observation and analysis
of reading and written language
development and the study of current
issues in reading research. It is
organized around current, accepted,
research-based theoretical models that
account for individual differences in
reading. Introduction to language
structures including spoken syllables,
phonemes, graphemes, and morphemes is
included in this course. Teacher
candidates apply knowledge of the core
areas of language to reading acquisition
in terms of first and second language
acquisition, typical development and
exceptionalities. They are introduced to
current scientific research.
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