Educational Technology Theory
“Technology is just a tool. In terms
of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is most
important.” – Bill Gates
I would like
to think that our fascination with technology started when modern men invented
the wheel. Knowing that things could be done easily by using tools was such an
event that has not stopped ever since. According to Wikipedia “The theory of educational technology can be grouped
into three main theoretical schools or philosophical frameworks: behaviorism, cognitivism
and constructivism.”
The
great pioneers of behaviorism pave the way in which we view human learning.
These theories and views have benefitted educator around the world and have
helped us to develop effective learning systems. As an educator I believe the in
order to create effective technological learning models we how our behavior
will be affected by the implementations of it.
The
cognitivism aspect of educational technology is an important par of learning and
it is empirical to know how we react towards leaning psychologically. An
important part or educational technology is media, and processing this media
can be used to study our cognitive behaviors.
As
my role of a facilitator, constructivism will allow me to build learning models
that will take advantage of learners’ previous knowledge. I believe that in
order to have a meaningful learning experience learners should interact with
the tools in hand and using these tools should not cause a struggle. A quote
use by A Hypertext history of Instructional Design sites Vannever Bush “There
should be a tool that would enhance human memory and thinking and that allows
people to retrieve information from a computer in many of the same ways in
which retrieval is accomplished within human memory.
References
http://faculty.coe.uh.edu/smcneil/cuin6373/idhistory/1940.html”
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