The document discusses several important considerations for designing education programs and curricula that utilize instructional technology. It notes that the use of technology in classrooms has become essential but must be carefully planned. Designers should consider both the type of media used to deliver content and learning theories to ensure content is communicated effectively. Instructors also need to accommodate different learning styles and facilitate diverse media to optimize student progress. The document advocates that teachers familiarize themselves with various instructional tools and integrate concepts from multiple learning psychology schools to best adapt to changing technologies and achieve positive learning outcomes.
The document discusses several important considerations for designing education programs and curricula that utilize instructional technology. It notes that the use of technology in classrooms has become essential but must be carefully planned. Designers should consider both the type of media used to deliver content and learning theories to ensure content is communicated effectively. Instructors also need to accommodate different learning styles and facilitate diverse media to optimize student progress. The document advocates that teachers familiarize themselves with various instructional tools and integrate concepts from multiple learning psychology schools to best adapt to changing technologies and achieve positive learning outcomes.
The document discusses several important considerations for designing education programs and curricula that utilize instructional technology. It notes that the use of technology in classrooms has become essential but must be carefully planned. Designers should consider both the type of media used to deliver content and learning theories to ensure content is communicated effectively. Instructors also need to accommodate different learning styles and facilitate diverse media to optimize student progress. The document advocates that teachers familiarize themselves with various instructional tools and integrate concepts from multiple learning psychology schools to best adapt to changing technologies and achieve positive learning outcomes.
The document discusses several important considerations for designing education programs and curricula that utilize instructional technology. It notes that the use of technology in classrooms has become essential but must be carefully planned. Designers should consider both the type of media used to deliver content and learning theories to ensure content is communicated effectively. Instructors also need to accommodate different learning styles and facilitate diverse media to optimize student progress. The document advocates that teachers familiarize themselves with various instructional tools and integrate concepts from multiple learning psychology schools to best adapt to changing technologies and achieve positive learning outcomes.
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It is hard to imagine today’s education without the use of any type of technology.
The use of technology in the classroom has never been so detrimental as it is now. When designing courses/programs/curricula, the use of instructional technology (technology applied to teaching, training and education) must be carefully planned. It is also imperative that designers take under consideration to the type of media (or how the content will be communicated) being used. Media can be classified into categories (text, audio, people, video, manipulatives or objects and visuals) and these might be more or less effective according to the content and skills being taught. Education can be less teacher-centered if instructional technology is used effectively.
Another crucial point in designing courses/programs/curricula is to consider the importance of
diverse intelligences in the classroom. For instance, the acquisition of new concepts might be more effective for visual learners if more visual input is utilized in the classroom. So teachers can optimize student progress by facilitating content that is presented in a variety of different media.
Prensky (2006) proposed that the transition from a more traditional classroom into a more technologically enhanced one would face phases of adaptation: dabbing; old things, old ways; new things, old ways and new things, new ways. This shows how important it is for teachers to get themselves acquainted with the instructional tech tools out there and how utilizing them will impact learning on a daily basis.
Lastly, learning theories have been changing and adding up to one another and in this case it is not different. Behaviorism, Cognitivism, Constructivism, and Social Psychology converge when looking for models to guide learning. According to Lowther, Mims, Smaldino (2015), “teachers need to develop an eclectic attitude toward the various schools of learning psychology” (p 23), meaning that teachers do not have to follow or be loyal to only one of the above mentioned theories but, instead, utilize concepts from most of them when perceived most appropriate. Adaptation seems to be a skill to be pursued in order to achieve best outcomes.
Reference
Smaldino, S., Lowther, D., Russell, J., & Mims, C. (2015). Instructional Technology and Media for Learning.Boston: Pearson.
