What is Instructional
Technology
There
is a sharp contrast between the instructional technology and the traditional
instructional education. Instructional technology is devoted to techniques or
ways to make learning more efficient based on theory but theory in its broadest
sense, not just scientific theory.
Theory
consists of
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concepts
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constructs
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principles
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propositions that serve as the body of
knowledge
Instructional
Technology transfers learning theories. It is applying learning theories that
promotes an exploratory learning process.
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Helping / interpreting
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Guiding
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Providing vision
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New avenues… to solve problems and
make decisions
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Social- based exploration
Instructional
Technology offers new possibilities. The purpose of instructional technology is
to affect and effect learning.
The
concept transfers traditional educational values: (OLD Values)
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Communication
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Reliability
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Replicability (a study should
produce the same results if repeated exactly)
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Control
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The learner becomes the educator
According
to the Association for Educational Communications and Technology,
“Instructional Technology” is the theory and practice of design, development,
utilization, management, and evaluation of processes and resources for
learning.
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Implements cognitive leaning
practice
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Facilitates some advanced knowledge
of understanding
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New avenues for understanding
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Encourages intellectual setting for
social-based exploration
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Cognition: to know… to gain
knowledge through perception
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Cognitive is to enable people to
learn by using reasoning, intuition, & perception
There is a sharp contrast between
the instructional technology and traditional educational technology.
Instructional Technology transfers the traditional educational technology
values of communication, reliability, replicability and control. Shift instills
constructivist
values of collaboration (students
construct their own knowledge).
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Personal autonomy vs. learning
theory
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ownership
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Generativity
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user draws an independent ability to
create, generate
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Reflectivity
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Active engagement
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Personal relevance
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Pluralism
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enriched when individual differences
are respected and welcomed
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denotes a diversity of views and
stands rather than a single approach or method)
This epistemological (segmented) method implements cognitive learning practices by
facilitating some advanced knowledge of understanding (reasoning, intuition,
perception).
So what is really going on?
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Integrated tools
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Inside and outside classroom
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Synchronized meeting and
communication
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Conclusions through collaboration
(Social Cognitism encouraged)
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Discussion boards
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Group projects
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Chat rooms
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Improve student understanding of materials
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Internal and external stimuli
encourage social cognitive skills
The Theories of Learning
• Behavioral
Method: repetition
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Teeth brushing in a young child,
eventually there is enough repetition that the behavior moves to flossing.
• Context
Development:
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Brings previous experience to
advance skills
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Cognitive rehabilitation process
develops
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Interpersonal and thinking skills
improve to clearer understanding
• Constructivism:
individual challenged by critical thinking
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Concrete experience while sharing
learning with others
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Chat rooms
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Discussion Boards
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Group Projects
Understand>Remember>Apply>Analyze>Evaluate
Questions the seeds of learning
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Curiosity
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Embrace (trial and error / The Mess)
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Intense reflection (Practice /
revision)
Driven to the result of ‘create’:
New resource tools force a
collaborated learning and interest: The Creativity is done in the participation
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Blogs
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Pod casts
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Planning
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Recordings
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Design
Encourage exploring strategies
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Must remain active
Discussions create discovery
Videos:
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follow with challenging questions
and answers
Discussions:
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Share
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Collaborate
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Compare
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Publish
Power Point
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New structure of delivery
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Deconstruct and reorganize (supports
and summaries)
Answer the following:
Can they explain, justify, evaluate,
compose opinion with reasoning and resources
Constructivism Theory Based Learning
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Grow your mind
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Become ambitious
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Follow your heart
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Change the world
What Does this All Mean?
• We
are no longer the source of knowledge
• We
are the filter
• We
are the mentor
Resources
Please share any resources you might have for both an
instructional focus and an industry focus.
Instructional Focus
Industry Focus
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