Ashland University EdTech Program

04/18/2020

Are you thinking how to better prepare yourself to deliver instruction online? Ashland University has a practical, hands -on approach where your assignments are planned around your content area and your grade bands. You will be able to directly apply what you learn in your classroom, whether it be live or virtual. Join us for a degree or an endorsement in Educational Technology you can really use. Start this summer with the following line-up of classes and work toward the Ohio endorsement in Computer Technology or towards your M.Ed.:

EDCI 512 OLA - NETWORKING & TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE IN SCHOOLS
This course focuses on incorporating the basics of networking to support classroom and district instruction and management. Attention is given to installation and configuration of computer systems and peripheral devices: maintenance and troubleshooting of such hardware and software; wireless networking, security, and organizing technology use in schools. It is designed for those in education to assist other educators including teachers, administrators, technology coordinators, network administrators, and other educations in integrating technology in the classroom, buildings, throughout districts and other similar settings.

EDCI 522 OLA - TEACHING & LEARNING IN 21ST CENTURY CLASSROOM
This course provides teachers with an overview of how theoretical and curricular foundations have evolved to form the current 21st century model of classroom instruction. It provides practical instruction on how key technologies are being utilized to meet the needs of the 21st century student. Instructors provide a theoretical framework for technology integration that find praxis with critical thinking and problem solving, communication, collaboration, and creativity and innovation. The meshing of instructional methods, curriculum, and technology are the thematic focal points of content with a practical emphasis on learning how these technologies work.

EDCI 538 OLA - DESIGNING & IMPLEMENTING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
This course provides students with the fundamentals of implementing a professional development program utilizing contemporary technologies and digital resources to promote excellence and support transformational change throughout the instructional environment.

EDCI 633 OLB - ORGANIZATIONAL & TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE WITH TECHNOLOGY
This course focuses on the development of leadership and vision in educational technology. This course focuses on the following key issues: (a) articulating a clear vision for transformational technology integration, (b) contributing to a technology infused strategic plan, (c) initiating and sustaining technology innovations and managing the change process, and (d) advancing a robust technology infrastructure.

04/03/2020

We will face enormous obstacles to our teaching, the care for our students, and their families, isolation, feelings of abandonment...pain. But we must meet the challenge and not let the children of this great nation fall behind. We continue to educate, from Zoom to Google Hangouts, from Moodle Cloud to CourseSites and Google Classroom - we can deliver. The Ashland University Educational Technology Program, from minoring in online teaching at the undergraduate level - to the Computer/Technology Ohio Endorsement - to the M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction in Educational Technology is reaching the needs of individual teachers, schools, and districts in Ohio and other many states. Since the start of the pandemic and the disruption of education services my former students at all levels have been reaching out to me and telling me how well they have been prepared. I hope I have served, and continue to serve you well, well into the future. - Dr. Jason Brent Ellis (Purple and Gold, since 2007, in this I smile).

03/13/2020

Did you know that Dr. Ellis, not only does research on ICT, but is a foundational author in the field of culturally responsible research practices.

Tulk, J. and Starks, R. (2020), "Editors’ note on special issue on indigenous knowledges, priorities and processes in qualitative research", Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management, Vol. 15 No. 1, pp. 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1108/QROM-03-2020-858

02/07/2020

The AU Ed Tech M.Ed. is rated 8th in online education in the nation! Come and join us for a quality higher education experience.

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01/21/2020

Meet the EdTech Faculty
Dr. Erik Kormos joined the Educational Technology program as faculty this past fall. We welcome him aboard. Dr. Kormos joins us having completed his Ph.D. in Communications Media and Instructional Technology at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and having previously taught middle grades and young adult social studies in Ohio and Barranquilla, Colombia.

09/21/2019

Have you seen our new Makerspace in the Dwight Schar College of Education at Ashland University? It's rock'in - literally with the way the seating works.

09/07/2019

The Ed Tech program at AU employs cloud-based CAD software and 3D printing to design and fabricate 3D education manipulative. This particular one will be used to teach place value.

03/31/2019

AU ED TECH undergrad Karli killing it as a wizard with Erik Johnson.

03/18/2019

Looking to network. Look no further:

10/11/2018

Congratulations to AU alumna Michelle Koussa!

AU alumna Michelle Koussa, a sixth-grade teacher at Independence Middle School, has been named the Educator of the Year by the Ohio Middle Level Association (OMLA). This award is the most distinguished honor the OMLA can bestow upon an individual to recognize his or her contributions to middle level...