Foundations of educational technology : integrative approaches and interdisciplinary perspectives / [electronic resource]
Michael J. Spector.
- 2nd ed.
- New York : Routledge, 2016.
- 1 online resource.
- Interdisciplinary Approaches to Educational Technology .
Includes bibliographical references and index
Part I: Introduction and overview -- Defining education technology -- Values, foundations, and a framework -- Learning and performing -- Teaching and training -- Technology support for learning, instruction, and performance -- Integrative approaches to planning and implementation -- Part II: Theoretical perspectives with example applications -- Theories of human development -- Theories of learning and performance -- Theories of information and communications -- Instructional theories and instructional design theories -- Part III: Practical perspectives with example applications -- Introducting innovative technologies and managing change -- Teaching with technology -- Educational technologies in the workplace -- Designing technology-supported learning environments -- Integrating technologies into activities and tasks -- Part IV: Broadening the context -- Educational technology principles and examples in a variety of contexts -- Professional preparation and training -- Scalability and replication studies -- Emerging technologies.
An engaging book for professional educators and an ideal textbook for certificate, masters, and doctoral programs in educational technology, instructional systems, and learning design, Foundations of Educational Technology, Second Edition offers a fresh, interdisciplinary, problem-centered approach to the subject, helping students build extensive notes and an electronic portfolio as they navigate the text. The book addresses fundamental aspects of educational technology theory, research, and practice that span various users, contexts, and settings; includes a full range of engaging exercises for students that will contribute to their professional growth; and offers the following four-step pedagogical features inspired by M. D. Merrill's First Principles of Instruction: Tell: Primary presentations and pointers to major sources of information and resources; Ask: Activities that encourage students to critique applications and share their individual interpretations; Show: Activities that demonstrate the application of key concepts and complex skills with appropriate opportunities for learner responses; Do: Activities in which learners apply key concepts and complex skills while working on practice assignments and/or projects to be created for their electronic portfolios. The second edition of this textbook covers the core objectives addressed in introductory educational technology courses while adding new sections on mobile learning, MOOCs, open educational resources, "big data," and learning analytics along with suggestions to instructors and appendices on effective writing, professional associations, and journals and trade magazines.