Choosing technologies for teaching and learning: the challenge
A short history of educational technology
Media or technology?
Broadcast vs communicative media
The time and space dimensions of media
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Which are the main challenges technology in education face? (without examples)
There are philosophical, technical and pragmatic challenges.
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When did the first arguments about the role of technology in education appear?
At least 2,500 years back.
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What is the difference between media and medium?
Media is plural, medium is singular.
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What are some examples of communicative media or technologies?
Telephone, video-conferencing, e-mail, on-line discussion forums, most social media and some forms of the internet.
100
What are two closely dimensions of time and space in media?
Live or recorded, synchronous or asynchronous.
300
On the technical side, why are technologies difficult to classify?
It is difficult to classify technologies, not just because they are changing so fast, but also because technologies have many different qualities and affordances that change according to the contexts in which they are used.
300
In the mid-1990s, how was textual communication?
With the development of web-based learning management systems, textual communication was digitized, and became, at least for a brief time, the main communication medium for Internet-based learning.
300
It is a collection of tools, a system that combines computers, telecommunications, software, rules and procedures or protocols.
Mention some characteristics of live media or events.
Transient, may be well remembered,but cannot be repeated, and there is a strong qualitative or affective element.
500
On the pragmatic side, why would it be a mistake to focus only on the educational characteristics of technologies?
Because there are social, organizational, cost and accessibility issues also to be considered. The selection and use of technologies for teaching and learning is driven, once again, as much by context and values and beliefs as by hard scientific evidence or rigorous theory.
500
What are the goals of the development of programmed learning?
In essence the development of programmed learning aims to computerize teaching, by structuring information, testing learners’ knowledge, and providing immediate feedback to learners, without human intervention other than in the design of the hardware and software and the selection and loading of content and assessment questions.
500
Which are the two types of intervention in media?
Creator and receiver.
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What is required in an LMS for communication and interaction functions?
Additional technologies are required, one example are forums for discussion.
500
Mention some characteristics of recorded media.
They are permanently available to those possessing the recording.