| Course Code |
Course Name |
Credit hours |
Description |
| A1336101 |
Learning and Teaching Theories |
3 |
The course mainly deals with learning and teaching theories and their educational applications. It specifically focuses on addressing the following main topics: the basic trends explained the learning and teaching processes, basic educational concepts such as learning, teaching, motivation, teaching methods, the roles of the teacher and student, the impact of the educational environment on the learning process. The course introduces students also to learning theories which developed in the twentieth and the twenty-first century such as Skinner's theory of operant conditioning, Vygotsky's social constructivist theory, Piaget's constructivism and Papert's constructionism, Siemens connectivism theory, collaborative theory, Mayer's cognitive theory of multimedia learning, and the educational applications of these theories |
| A1336103 |
Application Programs in Digital Instructional Design |
3 |
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| A1336104 |
Research Methods in Digital Instructional Design |
3 |
This course introduces students to the basic concepts and principles of scientific and educational research methodologies related to digital instructional design. It includes concepts of scientific research, its characteristics, objectives and elements. Topics covered include: defining the problem, formulating research questions and hypotheses, reviewing literature, methods for selecting samples, developing instruments, data collection, and methods of descriptive analysis. Students will have the opportunity to learn about the types of research and designs used in the field of digital instructional design. They will gain and use the skills needed for planning research projects and writing report and use appropriate statistical tools in research related to digital instructional design to improve the educational process |
| A1336203 |
Digital Instructional Materials Design |
3 |
The course provides an overview of basic concepts of digital learning, its forms and competencies, the main axes of designing digital instructional materials and the factors that negatively affect its production, theories and principles in the design of digital materials. The course also raises key issues surrounding the applications of digital learning as well as the educational software, such as: their types, production team, production stages and evaluation criteria, the principles of digital courses design and digital learning quality. Students will be equipped with the skills needed to design digital instructional materials |
| A1336102 |
Concepts of Digital Instructional Design |
3 |
This course explores concepts, theories, and basic steps for the process of instructional design (ID), its models, importance, and relationship to the system approach. It focuses on the following main topics: concept of educational technology and the process of ID, its principles, necessary teaching skills and competencies for effective ID in the classroom, virtual classrooms and classes supported by digital learning tools, models of ID in relation to various educational environments, especially in digital learning environments. Students will acquire the skills of effective ID in digital learning environments. The course also presents the main elements of the ID process such as learning needs and objectives, learner characteristics, educational subject and task analysis, evaluation in ID, as well as studying the impact of digital technology on the educational. Students will have the opportunity to design digital instructional product using modern authoring tools |
| A1336301 |
Graduation Project |
3 |
The student deals with a realistic instructional problem, studies it, analyzes it, and finds appropriate digital instructional solutions for it based on the knowledge acquired during graduate studies. This is achieved through the preparation of a field research study that includes digital instructional design. The student is supervised by a faculty member during all stages of the project, then the student submits the project with the final report, and it is discussed by a committee of faculty members in the specialization |
| Course Code |
Course Name |
Credit hours |
Description |
| A1336206 |
Digital Learning for Students with Special Needs |
3 |
This course addresses the theoretical knowledge about students with special needs, educational technology for students with special needs, educational communication for students with special needs, instructional design for students with special needs, individualization of education for students with special needs. Also, it explores the categories of disabilities and assistive technology, latest digital tools and applications used in teaching and training people with special needs, ethics of digital learning for students with special needs. Studying the impact of digital technology on the learning environment used with students with special needs. Students are required to produce a digital instructional design to facilitate the learning of students with special needs |
| A1336201 |
The Applications of Multimedia and Smart Phones in Teaching |
3 |
This course provides students with theoretical knowledge of multimedia and hypermedia and the components and characteristics of each of them in teaching and learning processes. It covers many topics related to multimedia such as the elements, types and tools of multimedia formatting, theoretical foundations and principles for designing and producing instructional materials based on multimedia and methods of evaluating educational programs that based on multimedia. The course also explores the most important multimedia and smartphones applications that used in teaching and learning processes. Students are expected to produce an instructional product based on multimedia for smart phones environment |
| A1336202 |
Distance Learning Technology |
3 |
This course introduces the distance and open learning and explores modern trends in the Distance and open and learning, also it provides students with the appropriate pedagogical knowledge about open and distance learning. It provides students with the philosophies, strategies, and techniques involved in distance learning environment, It explores the historical, present, and future practices of communication in distance learning environment, including the applications of available technologies, how to utilize instructional technology to promote independent learning in distance and open learning and training contexts, how to design a self-directed learning environment, digital learning materials and environments for distance learning, their production and safe use and the quality of distance learning, Students will design mini online course using Moodle |
| A1336204 |
Learning Strategies and Digital Teaching Aids |
3 |
This course introduces students to the principles of teaching pedagogy and classroom management by presenting a variety of educational theories, teaching strategies with examples of each one. More specifically, the course provides a knowledge base concerning the concept of educational communication and its relationship to educational aids. The stages of educational aids development, their names, importance, classification, and applications in different subjects. On the other hand, the course focuses on the psychological principles of educational aids and the ways of producing and employing digital educational aids in the educational process. Students are expected to link digital learning strategies with the appropriate teaching aids |
| A1336205 |
Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality |
3 |
This course addresses the theoretical background about virtual and augmented reality technologies, with an emphasis on the fundamentals and principles of design the educational virtual and augmented reality material and environments, the applications of augmented and virtual reality in education. Students will be introduced to the programs and software used to develop the virtual and augmented reality, and the impact of virtual and augmented reality on the educational environment. Students will produce instructional materials based on virtual or augmented reality technology |
