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EDUC 166Technology and Education

5 creditsUndergraduateStudent Option

Explores the history of technology in education from approximately 1950 to the present, addressing the interpersonal, epistemological, and pedagogical differences between digital and analog learning. Although no programming experience is required, participants will create an instructional application.

Prerequisites

Enrollment is restricted to junior and senior education minors, STEM education minors, education democracy and justice majors, science education majors, or by permission of instructor.

  • All students can enroll - restriction review is waived in summer.

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When it runs

Fall 2026Open Fall 2026

SectionTypeWhenWhereInstructorSeats
01Lecture
Tue Thu 7:10pm–8:45pm
Steven Acad 150R. S. de RoockOpen 33/120

Summer 2026Open Summer 2026

SectionTypeWhenWhereInstructorSeats
01Lecture
TBA
OnlineN. HigdonOpen 77/240

Spring 2026Open Spring 2026

SectionTypeWhenWhereInstructorSeats
01Lecture
Tue Thu 9:50am–11:25am
Crown Clrm 208N. HigdonClosed 51/45

Who teaches it

InstructorRatingDifficultyWould take againReviews
Roberto de Roock4.4 / 52.6 / 560%5
Nolan Higdon3.8 / 52.5 / 566%46

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