Graduate
Business Communications & Information Strategies
This course provides new graduate students in the online MBA program with an introduction to: oral, written, and virtual communication; methods for finding and evaluating course resources; online research techniques; critical thinking, the purpose and benefits of the MSM (Multi-Discipline Strategic Management) project, program standards; stress and time management; and learning team process. The design of the course will also assist students in mastering the online learning environment and developing collegial relationships with their cohort members.
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Training Design & Development for Biomedical Writers
This course provides an introduction to basic theories and principles of instructional technology. Five main area of focus are: research, theory and history of instructional technology; visual literacy; evaluation of instructional technology; the relationship of instructional technology to learning styles; and instructional computing experiences. Students will get hands-on experience with instructional technology and will employ problem solving techniques appropriate to the media.
Computers in Education
This course is designed to provide students with a focus on the seamless integration of technology into the classroom. Students will become knowledgeable of the latest innovations in computer and multimedia technology as they apply to classroom and administrative tasks.
Management of Technological Change
The migration from traditional face-to-face training to multimedia-enhanced education is widespread within and among today's organizations. This course will examine the effects of that change on organizations and educational institutions. This course will examine the effects of that change on organizations and their members. The academic and professional literature describing the influence of technological change on organization structure, group processes and individual workers will be reviewed and analyzed. Participants will examine an assortment of techniques for avoiding the productivity declines sometimes associated with introduction of new technology. These tools include content design, training, reward systems, worker participation, leadership development, and other techniques.
Instructional Technology: Current & Emerging Systems
This graduate course provides learners with an introduction to the tools of instructional technology for education and industry. The course explores the theoretical foundations of Instructional Technology; and, introduces the learner to current and projected tools for implementing said discipline. During the semester, the learners gain an understanding of how technology can be utilized to deliver instruction and optimize the learning of target audiences, through planning and selection of the appropriate media.
Instructional Technology Project Planning, Analysis and Design
This graduate course was designed, for delivery in both the traditional classroom setting and completely online. The course explores creative, effective approaches to strategic and project planning for multimedia education programs.
Designing Online Learning
This graduate online course stresses the use of instructional systems design in the analysis, design, application and evaluation of distance education and distributive learning. It is originated toward the theory and practical considerations of learning, and instructional design. It is not a how to for technological development. Learners look at the unique aspects of adult education, self-directed learning, and the evolution of distance/distributive education and its new potential in Web-based learning and training.
Research & Development in Instructional Systems
This online graduate course focuses on the interpretation of seminal research and the application of significant research findings that focus on the latest developments in instructional technology. Learners are introduced to the reading and evaluation of Instructional Systems Technology research, applying the language and approach of science to the investigation of instructional technology. Each learner researches and makes presentations centering on major topics in Instructional Technology.
Undergraduate
Internet: Theory/Practice in Telecommunications
This course provides students with a working knowledge environmental variables influencing the Word Wide Web. It is oriented toward the theory and practical considerations of designing for modern Internet browsers. The technology for this field is changing so rapidly that it is easy to be distracted by the bells and whistles of the hardware and software hype, and even easier to forget the digital divide that has been growing at an exponential rate over the last decade. We will be looking at unique aspects of copyright, fair use, design standards, and persons with disabilities as they relate to presentation of information on the Internet.
Technological Applications to Business
This undergraduate course explores the current and future state of hardware and software technology as it relates to the business environment. The objective of the course is to provide the learner with an exposure to technological innovations that will aid in the management decision-making process. A further study of information support systems will examine how information systems can enhance organizational performance.
Management of IS/IT Organizations
This undergraduate course was designed to utilize real business cases and descriptions of actual situations to help learners apply business decision-making strategies, particularly as they relate to financial and data analyses. By stepping through case studies learners develop a progressive understanding of what is involved in the implementation of information systems in today's business environment.
Information and Business Process Systems Design
This undergraduate course explores strategies applied within organizations through the integration of theory and applied projects. Learners gain an understanding of how to strategically develop and implement systems that bring competitive advantage to the organization. Areas of emphasis in this course include planning, analysis, and business process flow.
