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Barbara McCarty

Media Specialist &  Doctoral Student

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Theory and Practice

EDTC 805

Crossdiscipline Studies in Technology

The focus of the course is exploration and evaluation of advanced and emergent technologies and the means by which educational and training leaders learn about them and sustain them in a learning environment. This course assists educational and corporate professionals to develop innovative educational and organization practices across disciplines.

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EDTC 807

Implementation and Evaluation of Curriculum

This course will provide candidates with a comprehensive understanding of the landscape of implementation and evaluation of educational technology programs. The philosophies, methods, and processes of curriculum design in educational technology will provide the framework for curricular models; resources for decision-making; and evaluation methods for educational and corporate settings.

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EDTC 808

Summer Institute II

This course is the second five-week intensive summer seminar for Year II doctoral cohort candidates. The course focuses on building the skills, knowledge, understanding, and commitment necessary to become effective leaders in a variety of organizational settings.

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EDTC 814

Advanced Effective Models of ELearning

At an advanced level, this course focuses on concepts and strategies necessary to step into a leadership role in the integration and application of technology and E-learning. Students explore delivering instruction through multimedia and/or multiple modalities with a focus on matching appropriate technologies to learning outcomes. Students will also explore the role of leadership in balancing the priorities of technology integration and curriculum decisions.

 

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EDTC 816

Advanced Building On-line Communities

The course prepares students for roles as online community researchers, designers, managers, and users. It will introduce important concepts, terms, and theories about online communities. Students will gain a better understanding of how social science research can help design interaction spaces that encourage community building.

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EDTC 817

Advanced Developing and Managing DL Programs

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This group project consisted of researching and reporting on makerspaces as an emerging technology for instructional purposes.
(Co-Authors: Karen Cotter & Adnan Ezad)
This white paper examines the use of drones in problem based activities to enhance learning.  This became the basis for a poster presentation at ISTE 2018.
This digital breakout room, “It’s Time to CELLebrate,” provides five technology rich activities to help students review for a 7th grade science unit focused on cells. 
This paper is an examination of the four major curriculum movements which emerged in the late 19th and early 20th century, based on Herbert Kliebard’s The Struggle for the American Curriculum.
This project examines the history, theory and context behind Lynda.com,
an informal learning trend.
This project compared and contrasted the conservative views of E.D. Hirsch with the progressive views of Alfie Kohn giving some insight into the evolution of our current educational views.
This proposal is for the implementation of an after-school drone enrichment program including an overview and rationale, proposal for implementation, evaluation and reflection.
This project is a survey of job opportunities available to a candidate with an Ed. D  in Educational Technology Leadership in three different categories: K-12 education,
higher education and the corporate sector. 
This paper is a review of the preparation that I had taken to become a leader in the field of Educational Technology during my first year of the program.  It also includes steps that I will take in  my second year to progress toward this goal.
These revised professional goals describe my leadership style and how I plan to continue to become a leader in field of Educational Technology.
This project is an application of the essentials of instructional design to two case studies set in unique higher education institutions. A needs analysis, task analysis, learner analysis and goals/objectives were determined for each case study
A collaborative experience including all cohort members in which we engaged in a simulation of preparing  and executing a climb up Mt. Everest
With a focus on developing cultural competence through technology, this assignment provided me the opportunity to create a leadership vision
and an accompanying e-learning plan. 
A  compilation and analysis of online communities related to drones in education 
This assignment was a collaborative project with Karen Cotter and Linda  Lampert.
that required us to understand and analyze an organization's online community strategy. We chose to interview the founder of
 "The School Librarian’s Workshop," a thriving Facebook community.
This assignment was to create an online community to demonstrate my comprhension of the course content related to successful online community design. 
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