Educational Technology in Context

Educational Technology in Context

1. Big Picture

   • It helps new learners develop cognitive frameworks
     • Framework form
       • Key terminology
       • Reflecting on the past
       • Looking ahead to the future
       • Considering the present

2. Perspectives That Define Educational Technology

   • Educational technology as communications media
     • Branch of educational theory and practice concerned primarily with the design and use of messages that control the learning process
   • Educational technology as instructional systems and instructional design
     • Based on efficiency studies and learning theories from educational psychology
   • Educational technology as vocational training
     • Prepare students for the world of work in which they will use technology
   • Educational technology as computer systems
     • Encompassed both instructional and administrative support applications.

3. Defining Technology in Education

   • Processes & tools
     • Educational technology, Integrating educational technology, & Instructional technology

4. Timeline

   • Pre-microcomputer era
   • Microcomputer era
   • Internet era
   • Mobile technologies, social media, and open acces era

5. Learned from the past

   • Computer-based materials and strategies are usually tools in a larger system and must be integrated carefully with other resources and with teacher activities
     • Better technology demands that we become critical consumers of its power and capability
       • Teachers must be as informed and analytical as they want their students to become
         • Teachers always will be more important than technology

6. Educational Technology Resources: Systems and Applications

   • Technology Facilities for Teaching
     • Microcomputers
     • Handheld technologies
     • Display technologies
     • Imaging technologies
     • External storage
   • Educational Technology Issues
     • Social Issues:
       • Privacy Issues
       • Fears about technology misuses (like cheating)
       • Health-related concerns
       • Viruses, spam & hacking
       • Risks of online behaviors (e.g.: cyberbullying)
     • Educational Issues
       • Lack of technology funding
       • Digital literacy and digital citizenship
       • Reliance on online learning
     • Cultural and Equity Issues
       • Technology may also further divide members of our society along socioeconomic, ethnic, and cultural lines
         • Racial and gender equity
         • Students with special needs
     • Legal and Ethical Issues
       • Hacking, safety issues, academic dishonesty & illegal downloads

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