IT 659 - Product Development
Dr. Anthony Betrus
betrusak@potsdam.edu
phone: (315) 267-2670
Office: Dunn 393
Spring 2020

Days/Times: Arranged with each student individually

Course description:

The culminating development project of our Educational Technology Specialist masters program, IT659 is a chance for students to demonstrate their skills and experiences in the domains that define our field. A Masters degree is about experience and preparation for the field, and thus students will illustrate to their professional peers in our field as well as potential employers that they have had the range of relevant experiences. Specifically, the portfolio produced in this course requires students to show mastery in the six areas of Advanced Digital Age coaching as defined by ISTE.

The purpose of this course is to provide students with the opportunity to apply the skills and knowledge that they have acquired from other courses in the Educational Technology Specialist program into one complete project. Working from an approved plan, students will produce a project specific to their needs.

The core of the course is the construction of a final portfolio that is designed to be a showcase the students expertise in the six domains of our field. Students will create the portfolio in both Web-based and file based format. The file format (savable to a local drive) will be archived for NCATE accrediation, and thus no grade can be given without its delivery.

The personal nature of the portfolio puts the impetus for development on the student.

Prerequsites:
Permission of Instructor. OLT program students will be asked to use skills gained throughout their coursework, especially web development and graphics in construction of their portfolios.

Course Goals

Web and DVD Portfolio Requirements

For the final project for IT659 students will bundle all the projects and essays involved into portfolios in web and file based formats. Students are responsible for the core design and development decisions. Although DVD is on its way out, our department needs a physical copy for archival purposes.

The students should make sure all portfolio elements are archived in a way that makes them cross-platform (Mac-PC) compatible.

Course Structure, Projects & Weighting:
The class has the following milestones, follow this path to complete the course.

As stated earlier, the impetus for development for the project is on the student. The independent and personal nature of this development is part of the assignment. We will meet regularly throughout the semester, but will scedule meetings during classtime, and at other times use distance education. A Master's degree student in our field should be able to independently manage a project of this size in this amount of time. This class should be one of the final courses in our program, but it is understood students might want to integrate future projects into the course.

Grading

Click here for a link to the portfolio evaluation rubric.

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This page created 1/28/2020. Last updated 8/5/2020.