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EDUCATION
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TECHNOLO
Supreet Kaur
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What is Educational
technology?
Educational technology is a term used to describe a wide array of
teaching-and-learning–related software and hardware that’s
increasingly being used in college and university classrooms. Also
referred to as EdTech, is to enable an improved learning
environment, which in turn is meant to boost student outcomes. It
has also been proven to increase student engagement and
participation in class.
Blended Learning :
Blended learning refers to a course of study that combines online and live and/or in-
person learning. The distinguisher between online learning and blended learning is
that blended learning must involve live discussions or lectures, whereas online
learning can be completely asynchronous.
Distance Learning
Distance learning refers to students who take courses without physically sitting in a
classroom on campus where courses are being taught. Distance learning can take the
form of hybrid learning, fully-online learning.
Hybrid Learning
Hybrid learning is an educational model where some students join class in-person
while others join remotely. Hybrid learning can combine synchronous learning with
asynchronous learning elements like online forums, discussion boards, and other
pieces of digital content.
Instructional Technology
Instructional technology is a field that creates classroom technology tools to assist in
instruction and learning. It covers the software and hardware needed to make
instruction as easy and dynamic as possible for teachers and students.
Here are some major EdTech
buzzwords to know:
Virtual Classroom
A virtual classroom is an online room where students attending a virtual class learn and
ask questions. It lets everyone hear or see the others that are there, and answer
questions as they come up. It brings the benefits of a physical classroom online. Think
of a virtual classroom as the object of fully remote learning. When you are engaging in
fully remote learning, you are participating in a virtual classroom.
Webinar
A webinar is a presentation focused on a specific topic that is hosted and attended
virtually. Attendees can sign up ahead of time and are taken to a digital lecture where
slides, video, or other multimedia will be presented. These are done with the help of
video conferencing technology and software and can be either synchronous or
asynchronous, depending on if the webinar in question is live or pre-recorded
Goals
Educational technology research always had an ambitious agenda. Sometimes it only
aims at increased efficiency or effectiveness of current practice, but frequently it aims at
pedagogical change. While it can be considered as a design science it also addresses
fundamental issues of learning, teaching and social organization and therefore makes use
of the full range of modern social science and life sciences methodology.
"Technology provides us with powerful tools to try out different designs, so that instead
of theories of education, we may begin to develop a science of education. But it cannot
be an analytic science like physics or psychology; rather it must be a design science
more like aeronautics or artificial intelligence. For example, in aeronautics the goal is to
elucidate how different designs contribute to lift, drag maneuverability, etc. Similarly, a
design science of education must determine how different designs of learning
environments contribute to learning, cooperation, motivation, etc." (Collins, 1992:24).
Technology is therefore both a tool and a catalyzer and it can become a medium through
which change can happen.
Some Examples
● The Meeting Owl
● Cengage
● Civitas Learning
● Google Classroom
● Kahoot!
● Apex Learning
● Chegg
● SMART Technologies
Benefits
1. It Offers A Wider Choice Of Materials That Can Be Accessed Easily
2. It Helps Improve Learners' Communication Skills And Performance In School And
Workplace Settings
3. It Provides A Fun And Engaging Learning Experience For Students
4. It Allows Learners To Access The Internet From Anywhere At Any Time
5. It Helps Learners Learn New Skills And Acquire New Knowledge
6. It Allows Students To Improve Themselves Both Mentally And Physically
7. It Helps Learners Stay Up To Date With New Technological Advancements
Challenges
1. Budget Limitations
2. Lack Of Professional Training
3. Poor Network Infrastructure
4. Resistance To Change
5. No Systems In Place To Utilize Technology In Curriculum
7. Administrators Don’t See The Need For More Technology
Opinions
Baumgartner & Kalz (2004) distinguished three major teaching forms. This
framework was then used to evaluate functionality of technology. It also can be
be used to categorize online teaching practice.
Coaching (teaching
Dominant Strategy Transfer (teaching I) Tutoring (teaching II)
III)
Procedural
Factual knowledge, knowledge, "know- Social practice,
Knowledge type
"know-that" how", problem "knowing in action"
solving, concepts
Transfer of Presentation of Action in (complex
Aims of Teaching propositional predetermined and social)
knowledge problems situations
to do, to practice, to
Learning goal to know, to remember to cope, to master
argue
Realization of
Production of correct Selection of correct
Assessment adequate action
answers methods and its use
strategies
Verbal knowledge,
Learning content type Skill, Ability Social Responsibility
Memorization
Teaching and learning to observe, to help, to cooperate, to
to teach, to explain
strategies and activities to demonstrate support