ABSTRACT
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 4-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, journal and trade magazines.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |62 pages
Introduction and Overview
chapter |13 pages
Defining Educational Technology
chapter |15 pages
Values, Foundations, and a Framework
chapter |10 pages
Learning and Performing
chapter |8 pages
Teaching and Training
chapter |9 pages
Technology Support for Learning, Instruction, and Performance
chapter |5 pages
Integrative Approaches to Planning and Implementation
part |58 pages
Theoretical Perspectives with Example Applications
chapter |9 pages
Theories of Human Development
chapter |13 pages
Theories of Learning and Performance
chapter |12 pages
Theories of Information and Communications
chapter |22 pages
Instructional Theories and Instructional Design Theories
part |54 pages
Practical Perspectives with Example Applications
chapter |11 pages
Introducing Innovative Technologies and Managing Change
chapter |12 pages
Teaching with Technology
chapter |9 pages
Educational Technologies in the Workplace
chapter |11 pages
Designing Technology-Supported Learning Environments
chapter |9 pages
Integrating Technologies into Activities and Tasks
part |40 pages
Broadening the Context