Roblyer Chapter 1 Discussions

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Roblyer Chapter 1 Discussions

• EDUC 275
• Dr. Marshall G. Jones

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First, the CNN Article

• What are traditional classrooms like?
• What is described in the article?
• What is a charter school?
• What is an online class?
• Do any of you have any experience with this?

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What this class is about

• Active learning

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Universal Designs for Learning
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A Poll on the Book

• How many of you found the text riveting?
• How many of you fell asleep reading it?
• So the rest of you didnt read it?

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Educational TechnologyTechnology in Education

• Technology in education refers only to the use of
  devices that may be used in the classroom.
• Computers, sewing machines, lathes
• Educational Technology is a discipline
• It has a theoretical foundation
• It has guiding principles

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What is Educational Technology

• Not necessarily devices, also a process
• What technology had the greatest impact on
  Western Civilization?

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The Appropriate Response

• Three Field Crop Rotation.
• Birth rates sky rocketed
• More focus/time could be focused on leisure
  pursuits, such as reading and art
• Helped create a rise in urban civilization
• Paul Saettler, The Evolution of American
  Educational Technology

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A Brief Sketchy History of Technology in the
Classroom

• Edison Film
• Radio
• Educational TV
• CBT CAI IVD
• Online Learning
• Bottom Line Processes Tools (page 78)

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Perspectives in Ed Tech

• Media AV Communication
• Technology as media
• TV, projected images, bulletin boards
• The design of messages that control the learning
  process
• How to put together media products that promote
  learning

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Instructional Systems

• Combines the teacher and media into an
  educational system
• Highly dependent on learning theories
• Behavioralist
• Cognitive

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Technology in Education

• Students need to learn about technology
• Computer literacy
• The move from shop to CAD and Robotics

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Computers and Computer Systems

• Evolved as computers did
• Initially very complex and done by programmers
• Becoming easier to do and taken on by mere
  mortals

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What you need to know about perspectives

• They exist
• They color your definition and perspective of
  Educational Technology
• I want you to think of Educational Technology as
  processes and tools

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What have we learned from the past

• Technology is not a panacea
• Computer literacy insufficient
• Teachers dont build technology curriculum
• Possible doesnt mean desirable
• It is hard for teachers to keep up
• Old technology can still work
• Teachers will always be important

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Why use technology?

• Because it solves a problem
• Many solutions for problems you dont have
• Which one is better
• Teacher vs. video
• Video vs. Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI)
• CAI vs. The Internet

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Reason one Motivation

• Gaining attention
• Engagement through production work
• Increased learner control
• Beware the novelty effect!!
• Page 11 12

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Reason two Unique capabilities

• Linking
• Learners to information
• Learners to classes at a distance
• Learners to learning tools
• Tracking learner progress
• Page 12

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Reason 3 Instructional Approaches

• Cooperative learning
• Active learning
• Engaged learning
• Problem solving
• Teaching basic skills in the context of higher
  order skills
• Page 13

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Reason 4 Required skills in an information age

• Technology literacy
• Information literacy
• Visual literacy
• Page 13 14

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Types of computer systems

• Stand alone
• Portable units, handhelds
• Networks
• LANS, WANS, the Internet
• Related devices
• Digital cameras, video cameras, projectors
• The table on page 16

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Categories of software tools

• Instructional
• Math blaster, Oregon Trail, others?
• Software tools
• Word, PowerPoint, others?
• Multimedia
• Macromedia, FrontPage, others?
• Distance learning
• Webct, online classes

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Societal Issues

• See the chart on page 17

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