Foundations of Educational Technology: Integrative Approaches and Interdisciplinary Perspectives / Edition 2

by J. Michael Spector

Overview

Foundations of Educational Technology offers a fresh, interdisciplinary, problem-centered approach to educational technology, learning design, and instructional systems development. As the implementation of online, blended, hybrid, mobile, open, and adaptive learning systems rapidly expands, emerging tools such as learning analytics, artificial intelligence, mixed realities, serious games, and micro-credentialing are promising more complex and personalized learning experiences. This book provides faculty and graduate students with a conceptual, empirical, and practical basis for the effective use of these systems across contexts, integrating essential theories from the fields of human performance, learning and development, information and communications, and instructional design. Key additions to this revised and expanded third edition include coverage of the latest learning technologies, research from educational neuroscience, discussions about security and privacy, new attention to diversity, equity, and inclusion, updated activities, support materials, references, and more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138790285
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/01/2015
Series:	Interdisciplinary Approaches to Educational Technology
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	254
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Gwendolyn M. Morel is a Director in the Division of Digital Learning at the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, USA.

J. Michael Spector is Professor in the Learning Technologies Department in the College of Information at the University of North Texas, USA.

Table of Contents

Part I: Introduction and Overview  1. Defining Educational Technology  2. Values, Foundations, and a Framework  3. Learning and Performing  4. Teaching and Training  5. Technology Support for Learning, Instruction and Performance  6. Integrative Approaches to Planning and Implementation  Part II: Theoretical Perspectives with Example Applications  7. The Nature of Human Development  8. Theories of Learning and Performance  9. Theories of Information and Communications  10. Instructional Theories and Instructional Design Theories  Part III: Practical Perspectives with Example Applications  11. Introducing Innovative Technology Use and Managing Change in the Digital Age  12. Teaching with Technology  13. Educational Technologies in the Workplace  14. Designing Technology-supported Learning Environments  15. Integrating Technologies into Activities and Tasks  Part IV: Broadening the Context  16. Educational Technology Principles and Examples in a Variety of Contexts  17. Professional Preparation and Training  18. Scalability and Replication Studies  19. Emerging Technologies  20. Lessons Learned

Editorial Reviews

Jillian Powers, Assistant Professor of Instructional Technology at Florida Atlantic University, USA: Overall, I am pleased with this book and hope a third edition is published. We need a book that is a good overview of educational technology which this book is.

Lauren Hays, Assistant Professor of Educational Technology at the University of Central Missouri, USA: I think the text is grounded in the current practices when it was written. Due to the recent changes to the use of ed tech for teaching and learning and beyond, an update to the text is well needed.

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