Educational technology - an introduction
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- This is an outline for a print text on educational technology and of no interest to you for the moment .... DSchneider 18:22, 26 June 2006 (MEST)
Author: DSchneider
Introduction
Definitions of the field
A short history
The role of technology and media in education
Conceptual foundations
Note: This chapter should be short, "understandable" and demonstrate why learning and education theories are relevant for educational technology practise and research.
What is learning theory ?
- learning theory
- Behaviorism, including various schools like programmed instruction, etc.
- Cognitivism
- Constructivism, including various schools like socio-constructivism, situated cognition, etc.
Learning types, levels and style
Education, pedagogy and instruction
(this should be very short and strongly be linked to learning theory)
- Explain the difference between educational, pegagocial and instructional theory.
- educational theory
- pedagogical theory
- instructional design
Pedagogical strategies and tactics
(Provide a general overview, terms and well know typologies, such as Joyce, Reeves, etc.)
Overview of instructional design models
(This is quite closely related to the previous section but acts as a sort of chapter summary)
- Overview: instructional design model
Major instructional designs
- Goal: present a good sample of designs where the use of technology is relevant
(Several sections)
(one section / per major family here)
- Presentation of the most relevant instructional design models
Technologies in education - an overview
Overview
- educational technologies, including a short categorization of major educational technologies and other relevant technologies
Is technology a driving force ?
- Discuss technology as driving force here.
Major technologies
- Goal: Present all major technologies used today in education, each will be linked to appropriate instructional design models and theory.
(Several sections)
(one section / per major family here) See: educational technologies and other relevant technologies
Research and development
Research schools in educational technology
- Overview
- design-based research
- clinical experimentation
- quasi-experimentation (ecologicallly valid experimentation)
- clinical qualitative research (e.g. qualitative cognitive science like dialog analysis)
Development methodology
- instructional design method
- Plus a choice of 4-5 major approaches like:
- MISA (heavy industrial)
- Kemp, ADDIE (medium industrial)
- Light models, such as Backwards design
- Teacher-centered lesson planning and associated tools.
Evaluation methodology
- Design / course evaluation methodology (for practicionners)
Change management
- Innovation management methodology (this might be a chapter by its own ...)
The relation between research and the field
Various stuff
(to put somewhere else)