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Gropper, George L. – Educational Technology, 2017
What would it take for instructional design to qualify as a bona fide applied discipline? First and foremost, a fundamental requirement is a testable and tested theoretical base. Untested rationales until verified remain in limbo. Secondly, the discipline's applied prescriptions must be demonstrably traceable to the theoretical base once it is…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Intellectual Disciplines, Educational Technology, Technology Integration
Wardlow, Liane; Harm, Eian – Educational Technology, 2015
Collaborative learning provides students with vital opportunities to create and build knowledge. Existing technologies can facilitate collaborative learning. However, barriers exist to enacting collaborative practices related to the coverage of material for assessments and classroom management concerns, among others. Teachers can overcome these…
Descriptors: Barriers, Cooperative Learning, Classroom Techniques, Appropriate Technology
Saba, Farhad – Educational Technology, 2011
The practice of distance education in the United States is traced back to its early roots. In the 20th century, distance education remained at the periphery in corporate training, K-12 schools, and most universities, but it gradually developed its practice by using broadcast media, and later the Internet. Since the turn of the current century,…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Trends, Trend Analysis, Educational Development
Jonassen, David H. – Educational Technology, 1995
Considers the goal of creating communities of learners and how to integrate technology with learning. Highlights include cognitive apprenticeships; qualities of meaningful learning, including constructivism and collaboration; assumptions about technology, including knowledge construction; proper roles for technology; and how to support meaningful…
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Computer Assisted Instruction, Constructivism (Learning), Cooperative Learning
Greening, Tony – Educational Technology, 1998
Examines the role of educational technology from a constructivist perspective. Discusses the subset of computer-based technologies, especially the Internet, that are changing the way interactivity is defined, and examines how these technologies interface with constructivist approaches to pedagogy. Explores the place of constructivism as a…
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Computer Assisted Instruction, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Change
Spitzer, Dean R. – Educational Technology, 1987
Presents six trends and challenges facing educational technology: (1) increasing differentiation between education and training; (2) private sector (industrial) developments; (3) increasing politicization in education; (4) rapid growth in continuing professional education; (5) informal education replacing formal education; and (6) hardware…
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Computer Software, Educational Technology, Educational Trends
Campoy, Renee – Educational Technology, 1992
Considers the role of educational technology in two views of the school reform movement: one that demands more from the existing educational system, and one that calls for restructuring of the existing system. The effectiveness of technology is addressed, models for technology use are described, and technology and constructivism are discussed. (31…
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Courseware
Norton, Priscilla – Educational Technology, 1992
Discussion of technological innovations in education focuses on the potentials of the microcomputer as a classroom instructional method. Programing, computer literacy, software applications, and problem solving are suggested as ways to incorporate computers into the curriculum, and examples of applications of computers in elementary and secondary…
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Class Activities, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy
Spitzer, Dean R. – Educational Technology, 1998
Argues that the tendency to focus on the technical aspects of distance learning contributes to the infrequency of distance learning methods usage in education and training. Discusses the technical and human dimensions of distance learning, resistance to change, user perspective, and inertia and entropy. Outlines 10 human dimension principles…
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Computer Assisted Instruction, Design Preferences, Distance Education