Educational Technology

Educational technology

2009-03-29T18:39:00.001+07:00

Technology is an increasingly influential factor in education. Computers and mobile phones are used in developed countries both to complement established education practices and develop new ways of learning such as online education (a type of distance education). This gives students the opportunity to choose what they are interested in learning. The proliferation of computers also means the

Information and Communications Technology -2

2008-10-14T18:53:00.004+07:00

Limitations Previous information communication technologies have penetrated deep into the society and hence are often very cost effective; teachers in developing countries often use no more than a blackboard and chalk to pass on information about any subject to the students. Printed papers in the form of books, magazines or newspapers have become a part of daily routine of any educated citizen,

Information and Communications Technology -1

2008-10-14T18:36:00.003+07:00

Information and Communications Technology - or technologies (ICT) is an umbrella term that includes all technologies for the manipulation and communication of information. The term is sometimes used in preference to Information Technology (IT), particularly in two communities: education and government Although,in the common usage it is often assumed that ICT is synonymous with IT; ICT in fact

Multimedia literacy in schools

2008-09-02T14:28:00.003+07:00

Teaching literacy has always been the central business of schools. School literacy teaching had tended to focus on written literacy rather than on oral literacy, which is mainly learnt outside school. Literacy has never been a fixed body of skills but has evolved with the development of technology, such as pens and paper, and the needs of society as in the Industrial Revolution. For example,

Changing digital technology (Multimedia)

2008-09-02T14:24:00.002+07:00

As personal computers and their software become more powerful they have the capacity to not only record and edit text, sound, still images, motion pictures and manage interactivity individually, but synthesize all of them onto the same page, screen or viewing, creating new plateaus or forms of composition. Personal computer technology has placed multimedia creation in the hands of any computer

Multimedia literacy

2008-09-02T14:19:00.002+07:00

Multimedia literacy is a new aspect of literacy that is being recognized as technology expands the way people communicate. The concept of Literacy emerged as a measure of the ability to read and write. In modern context, the word means reading and writing at a level adequate for written communication. A more fundamental meaning is now needed to cope with the numerous

History of the term (Multimedia)

2008-09-02T14:04:00.003+07:00

In 1965 the term Multi-media was used to describe the Exploding Plastic Inevitable, a performance that combined live rock music, cinema, experimental lighting and performance art.[citation needed] In the intervening forty years the word has taken on different meanings. In the late 1970s the term was used to describe presentations consisting of multi-projector slide shows timed to an audio track.[

Major characteristics of multimedia

2008-09-02T13:57:00.003+07:00

LocalRecorded OnlineStreaming Multimedia presentations may be viewed in person on stage, projected, transmitted, or played locally with a media player. A broadcast may be a live or recorded multimedia presentation. Broadcasts and recordings can be either analog or digital electronic media technology. Digital onlinestreamed. Streaming multimedia may be live or on-demand. multimedia

Multimedia

2008-09-02T13:49:00.003+07:00

Multimedia is media that utilizes a combination of different content forms. The term can be used as a noun (a medium with multiple content forms) or as an adjective describing a medium as having multiple content forms. The term is used in contrast to media which only utilize traditional forms of printed or hand-produced text and still graphics. In general, multimedia includes a combination of

Media Theory

2008-08-12T14:54:00.002+07:00

In psychology, communication theory and sociology, media influence or media effects refers to the theories about the ways the mass media affect how their audiences think and behave. The shift of media and media industry over the past few years into new forms, such as DVD and the internet, changes the modalities available for audiences to consume and receive media. The change has caused some media

Multimedia Packages

2008-08-06T14:23:00.004+07:00

Multimedia is a term that is in continuous transformation, being dynamically redefined as technology evolves and progress is made in understanding it.The name itself is subject to changes. Over years it has been known as "interactive video", "interactive media", "media integration", "hypermedia", and "multimedia". For this reason, it may be useful to define the objectives of this entry and set

Pedagogical elements of e-learning

2008-08-05T18:43:00.002+07:00

Pedagogical elements are an attempt to define structures or units of educational material. For example, this could be a lesson, an assignment, a multiple choice question, a quiz, a discussion group or a case study. These units should be format independent, so although it may be implemented in any of the following methods, pedagogical structures would not include a textbook, a web page, a video

Electronic media

2008-08-05T18:32:00.002+07:00

In the last century, a revolution in telecommunications has greatly altered communication by providing new media for long distance communication. The first transatlantic two-way radio broadcast occurred in 1906 and led to common communication via analogue and digital media: Analog telecommunications include traditional telephony, radio, and TV broadcasts.Digital telecommunications allow for

Media (communication)

2008-08-05T18:22:00.005+07:00

In communication, media (Singular: Medium) are the storage and transmission tools used to store and deliver information or data. It is often referred to as synonymous with mass media or news media, but may refer to a single medium used to communicate any data for any purposeThe beginning of human communication through artificial channels, i.e. not vocalization or

e-Learning (2)

2008-08-05T17:56:00.004+07:00

Electronic learning (or e-Learning or eLearning) is a type of education where the medium of instruction is computer technology. No in-person interaction may take place in some instances. E-learning is used interchangeably in a wide variety of contexts. In companies, it refers to the strategies that use the company network to deliver training courses to employees. In the USA, it is defined as a

Instructional technique and technologies

2008-07-17T23:50:00.004+07:00

Theories and practicesThree main theoretical schools or philosophical frameworks have been present in the educational technology literature. These are Behaviorism, Cognitivism and Constructivism. Each of these schools of thought are still present in today's literature but have evolved as the Psychology literature has evolved. Behaviorism This theoretical framework was developed in the early

Cognitive load theory and the design of instruction

2008-07-17T23:27:00.004+07:00

Cognitive load theory developed out of several empirical studies of learners, as they interacted with instructional materials.Sweller and his associates began to measure the effects of working memory load, and found that the format of instructional materials has a direct effect, on the performance of the learners using those materials. While the media debates of the 1990s focused on the

Learning Design

2008-07-17T23:21:00.003+07:00

The IMS Learning Design specification supports the use of a wide range of pedagogies in online learning. Rather than attempting to capture the specifics of many pedagogies, it does this by providing a generic and flexible language. This language is designed to enable many different pedagogies to be expressed. The approach has the advantage over alternatives in that only one set of learning design

Instructional Design Models

2008-07-17T22:58:00.004+07:00

Perhaps the most common model used for creating instructional materials is the ADDIE Model. This acronym stands for the 5 phases contained in the model: Analyze - analyze learner characteristics, task to be learned, etc.Design - develop learning objectives, choose an instructional approachDevelop - create instructional or training materialsImplement - deliver or distribute the instructional

Perspectives and Meaning

2008-07-15T18:26:00.003+07:00

Educational technology is most simply and comfortably defined as an array of tools that might prove helpful in advancing student learning. Educational Technology relies on a broad definition of the word "technology". Technology can refer to material objects of use to humanity, such as machines, hardware or utensils, but it can also encompass broader themes, including systems, methods of

Communications Media and Distance Education

2008-07-12T10:12:00.011+07:00

.....Attempts to improve instruction by delivering courses through the mass media are more formally known as distance education. Television is perhaps the most familiar distance learning medium for college students at large universities, who what lecture courses live or non tape via closed-circuit television or public cable systems in their rooms. However,

E-Learning Programs

2008-07-10T11:36:00.004+07:00

Author: ChetankumarIn past, online learning programs suffered high dropout ratesand poor satisfaction of students because of the tedium ofendlessly sitting alone at a computer working through exerciseswithout social stimulation. But with the advent of inexpensive,robust and feature rich Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) andvideo conferencing software that situation is very rapidlychanging.More

Educational Media (2)

2008-07-07T10:48:00.004+07:00

Media as implementation of educational technology play a number of roles in that have to with communication and instrumentation. These roles falls into three categories : (a) the delivery of instruction, in which media are used to convey specific content, (b) the construction of mediated environments, in which media help students explore and construct understanding of a body of a knowledge, and

Distance Learning Makes Getting A Degree Easy

2008-07-04T11:24:00.003+07:00

Author: Sheila ForanIf you are looking for an education that is adaptable to yourschedule, distance learning is just the thing for you. You getto build the distance learning program around your own time andnot have your time built around it. The freedom and flexibilitythat a distance learning program gives students make it apreferred educational alternative.Online distance learning programs

E-Learning (1)

2008-07-04T11:12:00.003+07:00

Author: ChetankumarArticle:In past, online learning programs suffered high dropout ratesand poor satisfaction of students because of the tedium ofendlessly sitting alone at a computer working through exerciseswithout social stimulation. But with the advent of inexpensive,robust and feature rich Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) and video conferencing software that situation is very

The History Of Educational Technology

2008-07-03T23:11:00.003+07:00

The history of educational technology is no short that an account of how various occupations and patterns of thinking were brought together to create the field of educational technology is essential for understanding the situation in the 1990s. Indeed the conceptual frameworks evolved during the 1960s still inform what is thought as educational technology in the 1990s, even thought they have

The Evolution of Instructional Technology

2008-07-03T17:31:00.005+07:00

Instructional technology (educational technology, ed)is a-post Second World War phenomenon. Its earliest proponents called the field audiovisual education" which described the nature of the vehicles that were used to improved instructions. The basic approach at the time was advocacy of the use of "concrete" learning materials, such as films, filmstrips, recordings, and other media to enrich the

Technology (Part 1)

2008-06-26T12:03:00.010+07:00

Technology is “the systematic application of science or other organized knowledge to practical task” (Galbraith), sedangkan menurut Hoban, “Technology is not just machines and men, It is complex, integrated organization of men and machines, of ideas, of procedures, and management”. Sebelum membahas educational technology, lebih dulu dibahas apa itu technology.Masyarakat umum mengartikan

Curriculum Design and KTSP

2008-06-24T15:31:00.003+07:00

Curriculum Design and KTSPTo make the complex design and development process more transparent and visible , researchers have proposed numerous development models. In general models include the following main stage : analysis, design, construction, evaluation and revision, and implementation. The design and development models on which the support system are based can differ as well as the

Educational technology as a field of study

2008-06-23T12:48:00.002+07:00

Educational technology emerged as a field of study and occupational category in the early 1960s. One constituent, audiovisual education, was expanded into a tradition of applying within education the technologies developed outside it for entertainment, information handling, and communication. Another constituent, programmed learning, led to an applied behavior al science concept of learning

Educational Media (1)

2008-06-22T16:08:00.001+07:00

Generally, instructional or educational media are seen as conduits, or vehicles to deliver an instructional message to the leaner. He best medium is one which can deliver the message with the highest degree of fidelity the least amount of “noise” that might interfere with the message. Although the conduits view of media is still a dominant perception, the notion of such a one-way

Educational Technology Definition

2008-06-22T13:04:00.000+07:00

Educational Technology has different meanings for different people: (a) as a process for analyzing instructional or educational problems and devising, implementing, and managing solutions to those problems involve in all aspects of human learning; (b) as the proces of systematic design of curricula and instruction, as well as for modeling systems; and (c) as the technology, that is, the hardware

Educational Technology

2008-06-22T00:36:00.002+07:00

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