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Undergraduate Degree Programs

Instructional Systems (INSYS)

INSYS 100 (GS;IL) World Technologies and Learning (3) This course examines the impact of learning technologies from email to online learning on world cultures from a socio-technical perspective.
Effective: Spring 2006
 

INSYS 101 Effective Communication for Educators (3) Introduction to communication for educators, principles of pedagogical communication including educational communication technologies.
Effective: Summer 2013
Prerequisite: CAS 100  

INSYS 297 Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject that may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Spring 1996
 

INSYS 297A Communication for Educators (3) Introduction to communication for educators, principles of pedagogical communication implemented through individual and group presentations including educational communication technologies.
Effective: Summer 2013 Ending: Summer 2013
 

INSYS 298 Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject that may be topical or of special ineterest
Effective: Summer 1996
 

INSYS 415 Systematic Instructional Development (3) Preparation in the use of a nine-step model for systematically analyzing instructional problems and developing validated, practical solutions.
Effective: Summer 1996 Ending: Summer 2013
 

INSYS 415A Systematic Instructional Development (3) Preparation in the use of a nine-step model for systematically analyzing instructional problems and developing validated, practical solutions.
Effective: Fall 2013 Future: Fall 2013
 

INSYS 415B Systematic Instructional Development for Teachers (3) Preparation of teachers to use a systematic model to design learning environments for K-12 classrooms.
Effective: Summer 2012
Prerequisite: 6th semester standing in education or equivalent professional experience  

INSYS 432 Designing Learning Within Course Management Systems (3) Hands-on design of didactic and constructivist instructor-facilitated online lessons within the affordances and constraints of course management systems.
Effective: Summer 2013
  Concurrent: ADTED 470

INSYS 433 Teaching and Learning Online in K-12 Settings (3) Explores uses of online technologies for K-12 settings including cybercharter and blended settings.
Effective: Summer 2013
 

INSYS 441 Design, Development, and Evaluation of Internet Resources (3) Design, production, and evaluation of instructional materials for delivery on the Internet.
Effective: Fall 2001
 

INSYS 442 Innovative Instructional Applications of Microcomputer Technology (3) Educators experience and develop innovative instructional applications of text-processing, database management, spreadsheet, and telecommunication software in their classrooms.
Effective: Fall 2008
Prerequisite: EDTEC 440  

INSYS 447 Instructional Design for Multimedia Technologies (3) State of the art multimedia technology hardware such as interactive video, CD-ROM and digitizing audio and video.
Effective: Fall 2001
 

INSYS 471 Introduction to Educational System Design (3) Investigates systems theory and how components of educational systems interact; develops insights on current issues and models in Educational System Design.
Effective: Summer 1996
 

INSYS 496 Independent Studies (1-18) Creative projects, including research and design, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.
Effective: Summer 1996
 

INSYS 497 Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Summer 1996
 

INSYS 497A Teaching and Learning Online in K-12 Settings (3) Explores uses of online technologies for K-12 settings including cybercharter and blended settings.
Effective: Summer 2013 Ending: Summer 2013
 

INSYS 497E Technology in Higher Education (3) An overview of technologies currently implemented in higher education - from LMSs to apps, and corresponding research, theory and critiques.
Effective: Summer 2013 Ending: Summer 2013
 

INSYS 498 Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject that may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Summer 1996
 

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