The 5 Keys to Educational Technology -- THE Journal - 3 views
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Implementation is essential, especially when one understands that educational technology is about affecting particular outcomes.
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Certainly, these objects have demonstrable value; however, techniques and processes in teaching and learning are at least equally important
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human capabilities are not wholly adequate to the demands of the modern teaching and learning enterprise, and this is where technology as facilitator has a role
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If no improvements are made with the adoption of new technology, then there is no point to utilizing any technology except for the most basic required to obtain that unchanging level of learning
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need to assess our outcomes, make incremental changes in our methodologies to address shortcomings, then assess again
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The author's top 5 keys to successful education technology... do you agree? Is it missing anything?
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One of the more powerful messages I have learned in Stone's class is when you are designing an educational intervention you have to know WHEN to ask the question: what technology, if any, will improve our educational problem? Before you ask this question, the problem should be clearly identified, and the steps to assess if the problem is improving should be laid out. When you have this information, you can then tailor the technology to specifically meet the needs of your current problem. In this way, technology is sort of the means (not the ends!) towards improving education. So, in addition to the author's 5 key factors for educational technology, I would like to add: Is the technology a good fit for addressing our clearly defined educational problem?