Graduate Courses
Explore a range of courses for graduate students taught by the faculty in our research group.
EDCI 591/TECH 581
Educational Technology Kits
In this course, you will experience practical applications of instructional design, digital modeling and prototyping techniques (such as CNC milling, laser cutting, and 3D printing) through hands-on activities.
You will analyze current practices and incorporate them formulating new design strategies to create prototypes of physical objects that can be used in educational settings, such as a school classroom.
Then you will create instructional materials that guide teachers or instructors to produce these materials themselves. This will allow them to create low cost educational technologies for their own students. No prior technical skills required.
EDCI 627
Educational Software Design
In this hands-on course, you will work in interdisciplinary teams to design and prototype educational software to be used in a K-12, higher education, or work/community setting by real clients.
You will learn the processes and terminology used by specialists from different disciplines to design and develop software, collaborate with students with different skill-sets, work with clients and users, design, test, and evaluate your prototypes, and plan for how the solution can be taken to the market.
All Majors Welcome! No Programming Experience Required
What Students Did in the Past
- Middle school guide to prepare for college
- Entomology and health living conditions for high-schoolers—gamification of learning
- Redesign of badge system interface
- Japanese language learning software
- Pre-pilot training site; non-toxic pest control
- Redesign of the intake system for a student design center
- Use of a haptic system in a college-level physics
- Revisualization of time management system for individuals with ADHD
- Job skills for individuals with developmental disabilities.
