Educational

Technology
Cecil White
What is Educational Technology?
Educational technology is the considered implementation of
appropriate tools, techniques, or processes that facilitate the
application of senses, memory, and cognition to enhance
teaching practices and improve learning outcomes.


























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Trends in Educational Technology
Trend 1
Computers are pervasive in schools and higher education
institutions.
Trend 2
Networking is one of the fastest growing applications of
technology in education.
Trend 3
Educational technology is perceived as a major vehicle in the
movement toward education reform.
Trend 4
Advocacy for the use of educational technology has increased
among policy groups.









Trends in Educational Technology (Cont.)
Trend 5
There is a new insistence that teachers must become
computer literate.
Trend 6
New delivery systems for educational technology applications
have grown in geometric proportions.
Trend 7
Educational technology is increasingly available in homes and
community settings.
Trend 8
Access to television resources in the school is almost
universal.













Challenges in Educational Technology
Question One:
How can schools afford to purchase enough multimedia-
capable, internet connected computers so that a classroom
machine is always available for every two to three students?
Question Two:
How can schools afford enough computers and
telecommunications to sustain new models of teaching and
learning?
Question Three:
How can many educators disinterested or phobic about
computers and communications be induced to adopt new
technology-based models of teaching and learning?

Challenges in Educational Technology, (Cont.)
Question Four:
How do we prove to communities that new, technology-based
models of teaching and learning are better than current
instructional approaches?
Question Five:
How can educational technology increase equity rather than
widen current gaps between haves and have-nots?
Question Six:
If we use technology well, what should we expect as typical
student performance?

Proposed Project
Using Educational Technology in the Community College:
Problems and Prospects