UNF Faculty Association

Agenda Item # 2 -FA 07-06: Submitted by the Academic Programs Committee

College of Education and Human Services

Undergraduate- Leadership, Counseling, and Educational Technology

06/07-225

APC 3

MED Degree – EDLS Major INST Track

Summary of the Changes:
This is a proposal to terminate the Instructional Leadership track in the MED in Educational Leadership program. During the 2005-2006 Academic Year, the track was split into two distinct programs: Advanced Teaching and Learning, which focuses on P-12 teaching and learning, and Postsecondary and Adult Studies, which focuses on postsecondary and adult teaching and learning. Terminating the Instructional Leadership track will eliminate confusion and duplication of paperwork caused by allowing the track to remain in the system.
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06/07-226

APC 3

MED Degree – EDLS Major EDLS Track

Summary of the Changes:
This is a proposal to change the name of the Educational Leadership Track in the MED program in Educational Leadership from Educational Leadership to School Leadership. There are three tracks within the MED program in Educational Leadership: Advanced Teaching and Learning, Postsecondary and Adult Studies, and Educational Leadership. Having both the MED and the Track named Educational Leadership has caused confusion in the past. This change will clearly identify the track as for those seeking the track leading to certification as a School Leader. With this change, the three tracks within the MED in Educational Leadership will become Advanced Teaching and Learning, Postsecondary and Adult Studies, and School Leadership.
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Graduate- Leadership, Counseling, and Educational Technology

06/07-227

APC 2

EME 6409

Telecommunications in Education

The course is being terminated and replaced with Introduction to Engineering I. This course will educate students in the various social aspects of engineering, as well as the concepts of practical design, experimentation and measurements.
New Course Description:
This course explores forms of synchronous and asynchronous interactive distance education from perspectives of theory and practice. Designed for K-12 and higher education instructors and administrators as well as trainers and instructional designers from other professional settings, the course focuses on the interpretation and application of theory, research, and standards-based effective practices to the design, development, and evaluation of distance education experiences. Skills and knowledge acquired in the course will contribute to distance and classroom teaching capabilities.

06/07-228

APC 1

EME 6XXX

Technology, Education, and Culture (3 cr hrs)

Prerequisites:	None
Corequisites:	None

Course Description: This course is designed to help students form a comprehensive picture of the way information and communication technologies intersect with our belief systems, our way of life, and our relationship to the world. Challenges facing our schools, our social infrastructure and government agencies such as the National Archives and Library of Congress are discussed. The course examines the demands of a more complex, probabilistic view of the world and how probabilities, Bayesian logic, and fuzzy algorithms intersect with human activity. Other concepts investigated include computer augmentation, collective intelligence and virtuality in our rapidly evolving technology-based culture.
No new faculty or additional resources are required for this course.