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Trends in Educational Technology

Educational technology is the implementation of tools, techniques, and processes to enhance teaching and improve learning outcomes by applying senses, memory, and cognition. There are several trends in educational technology including the pervasiveness of computers in schools, the growth of networking applications, and advocacy for technology use in education reform. However, there are also challenges to the adoption of educational technology, such as affording enough computers and internet access for students, inducing educators to adopt new models, proving new models are better than traditional methods, and ensuring technology does not widen gaps between students of different backgrounds.

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Trends in Educational Technology

Educational technology is the implementation of tools, techniques, and processes to enhance teaching and improve learning outcomes by applying senses, memory, and cognition. There are several trends in educational technology including the pervasiveness of computers in schools, the growth of networking applications, and advocacy for technology use in education reform. However, there are also challenges to the adoption of educational technology, such as affording enough computers and internet access for students, inducing educators to adopt new models, proving new models are better than traditional methods, and ensuring technology does not widen gaps between students of different backgrounds.

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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.


























Aziz, H. (2010). The 5 Keys to Educational Technology. Retrieved June 9, 2014 from
http://thejournal.com/articles/2010/09/16/the-5-keys-to-educational-technology.aspx#18l1pQpPv46jvkVM.99

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

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