Educational%20Technology%20or%20Instructional%20Technology?%20A%20WebQuest

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Educational Technology or Instructional
Technology? A WebQuest

• Bhagyavati
• EDUT 6206
• Fall 2007 CSU

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Overview

• What are the differences and similarities between
  educational and instructional technologies?
• Are they synonyms?
• How can we define them?
• What are the implications for educators?

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Introduction

• WebQuest is an interactive inquiry-oriented
  activity in which most information is drawn from
  the Web
• Graphic organizer and a webquest
  (http//zunal.com/webquest.php?user510) were
  used to formulate personal definitions of
  educational and instructional technologies

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The Task Defined 1/2

• Instructional technology definition
• Technologies used in the classroom
• Directly impacts student learning
• Focused on specific technologies
• Educators need to have expertise in instructional
  technologies
• Example WebCT (learning management systems)

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The Task Defined 2/2

• Educational technology definition
• Broader than instructional technology
• Directly and indirectly impacts student learning
• Focused on technologies inside and outside the
  classroom
• Educators need to be familiar with educational
  technologies
• Examples ISIS (student registration system),
  CougarNet (student portal)

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Process 1/2

• 1) Research instructional technology resources
  such as
• http//www.coe.wayne.edu/InstructionalTechnology/w
  hat_is_it.htm
• http//www.cc.utah.edu/u0365827/portfolio/Definit
  ion.htm
• http//sloan-c.org/index.asp
• http//users.zoominternet.net/mcnier/issueonepape
  r.html
• http//coefaculty.valdosta.edu/info/cait/it_site/d
  omains_document.htm

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Process 2/2

• 2) Research educational technology resources such
  as
• http//coe.sdsu.edu/eet/
• http//fno.org/index.html
• http//www.aect.org/default.asp
• 3) Organize using graphic organizer
• 4) Implications for educators

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Conclusion

• Although sometimes used synonymously,
  instructional and educational technologies
  encompass different technologies
• Educational technologies are broader than
  instructional technologies
• Educators need to know both and be experts in
  instructional technologies