The syllabi for the classes I regularly teach are posted below. Click on the number/name of the course to download the syllabus as a PDF document.
Teaching
EDUC 222: Videogames & Learning
NEW
Course Offering
EDUC
222: Videogames & Learning
Winter 2009
Mondays and Wednesdays, 10:30 am – 12:00 noon
Prerequisites:
None
Intended
for: ALL undergraduates
Web Site:
Professor: Barry Fishman (fishman@umich.edu)
Why are videogames fun? The answer
isn’t as obvious as you might think. Good games draw you in, teach you how to
succeed, and keep you engaged with a “just right” level of challenge. Most
importantly, players learn while
playing a well-designed game. Why isn’t school like that? This class takes a
hard look at videogames, a hard look at education, and considers ways that each
can be improved to maximize learning and performance.
ED601/SI549 -- Learning Technologies Across the Content Areas
Click on name of course to download the CURRENT syllabus from Fall 2006 (last updated 8/31/06).
ED603 -- Classroom-Based Research on Learning Technologies
Click on name of course to download syllabus from Winter 2004.
ED779 -- Technology and Teacher Learning
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ED758 -- Leadership, Learning Organizations and Technology
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ED737/SI705/Psych808 -- Learning Sciences Seminar
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