Constructing Technology-based Constructivism: A New Approach to the Educational Computing Course

This paper describes the experience of making changes to an introductory educational technology course at Florida Gulf Coast University, which has just completed developing new curricula for its initial teacher certification programs. Constructed from the ground up and based heavily on research and theory, the new curricula ensure that technology becomes a core element of every course offering in the new program. The changes in the curricula called for equally dramatic changes in the educational technology course. The paper discusses how the course evolved into its present form, cognizant of the unique mission of the university and the College of Education. (Contains 11 references.) (Author/MES) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. Constructing Technology-based Constructivism: A New Approach to the Educational Computing Course PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY