Introduction to Educational Statistics -
Statistical techniques in education: descriptive statistics, simple regression, correlation, hypothesis testing.[1] Course includes the use of statistical software.

[1] University of Missouri - Columbia (2002) SISTL Master Course List #24.

The Professoriate -
(1) Gain an historical understanding of the development of the professoriate in the United States;
(2) Understand how institutional type (e.g., community college, liberal arts college, research extensive) influence faculty roles and career paths;
(3) Gain insight into disciplinary similarities and differences in faculty work and careers;
(4) Examine research about the impact of psychological and demographic variables upon career entry and development;
(5) Ascertain some of the recurring and current issues facing faculty;
(6) Examine the job search and interview process for part-time and full-time faculty positions.

(B. Townsend. (2002) Syllabus)

Teaching With Technology -
This 1-credit hour course is designed to assist current and future course instructors to integrate learning technologies into the traditional framework of a face-to-face course. Specifically, we will examine the use of online technologies to assist in the dissemination of resources, course content, and the facilitation of student interaction.
0: Using the Technology
1: Using the Web for Instruction
2: The Development Process
3: Instructional Methods
4: Accessing and Using Online Resources
5: Developing Syllabus Information and Lesson Content
6: Legal Issues - Intellectual Property Rights
7: Evaluation and Assessment Issues
8: Planning an Online Learning Community
9: Teaching Online - Avoiding Pitfalls

( D. Vessel and M. Livengood (2002) Syllabus)

Fast Web Site Creation Fun -
The purpose of this course is to make one aware of some of the options available in providing classroom or personal information via the Internet, rather than having to learning a web authoring software.

(M. Paige (2002) Syllabus)

(SS03 - Fast Fun Internet Resources - 1 credit hour; received an A)

Intermediate Web Development -
Course Overview:
The purpose of this course is to provide students with an understanding of advanced design and web authoring skills in addition to the technical expertise required for production of HTML documents. Attention will be directed toward the impact a designer's choices have on communication and learning. Direct instruction and demonstrations will be provided. The course will focus on independent work time, allowing students to produce web sites reflecting individual needs and interests.
Course Objectives:
-- To develop advanced knowledge and skills necessary for design and development of World Wide Web pages.
-- To gain an advanced understanding of concepts and principles involved in HTML, servers, and file management and transfer.
-- To learn about resources that assist in web development.
-- To explore ways in which the web can be used to deliver information or instruction.
-- To gain understanding of learner characteristics and how instructional design relates to them.
Course Topics and Assignments:
- Navigation using Tables
- Navigation using Image Maps
- Frames I: Navigation using Frames
- Frames II: Navigation using FramesII -- Inline; Advance Features
- Navigation Design Issues
- Forms
- Javascript and DHTML
- Stylesheets, layers and positioning
- Instructional Design Document for Website

(M. Adams (2002) Syllabus)

Diffusions of Educational Innovations - This course begins with a focus on change and innovation in educational settings by developing and reflecting on our perspectives of how to foster change using an alternative paradigm, how to strategize to GET WHAT YOU WANT. From that point on, the course focus broadens to include innovation and change across settings – educational organizations, information organizations (e.g., libraries), and many other contexts ranging from business to agriculture and small villages to entire countries. Each module is based on a chapter from the classic book Diffusion of Innovations (4th Edition). Topics covered:
1. Strategy
2. Change Generalizations
3. How people view same innovation
4. Adopter categories
5. Charting diffusion patterns
6. Change agent effectiveness
7. Rate two organizations
8. Consequences of innovations

(J. Caplow (2002) Syllabus)

Perspectives on Community and Knowledge "Sociology of Knowledge" -
This seminar focuses on the reciprocal relationship between systems of knowledge and forms of social organization. Key, overarching questions that will be considered over the course of the semester include:
   1. What is knowledge? Who says so? What difference does it make? How is knowledge produced, defined, legitimated, validated, contested, and disseminated? Why are some forms of knowledge (i.e. science) “valued” more highly than others?
   2. How does individual experience, collective experience, and local context (or what we might think of as “community”) affect the issues raised in point #1 above?
   3. How have these relationships changed over time? More specifically, what are the implications of recent developments in telecommunications technologies for knowledge production and social organization?
Objectives for what participants will gain through this seminar include, but are not limited to, the following:
   1. Seminar participants will receive an introduction to perspectives and approaches from the sociology of knowledge and the sociology of scientific knowledge.
   2. Seminar participants will gain—through readings, discussion, and application—an appreciation for how culture, social position, and individual and collective experience impact the way that actors produce, interpret, and utilize knowledge.
   3. Seminar participants will use a sociology of knowledge perspective to better understand an event or issue of interest to them.

(D. Hobbs (2002) Syllabus)