1.4 Educational Technology in ICT based Education
Introduction
The field of educational technology constitutes the use of ICT and other technologies and techniques emerging from physical and behavioural sciences for creating or improving an educational situation leading to effective learning of the clientele. Application or deployment of these technologies within a social context operates with a systemic perspective involving planning, designing and management of the teaching learning process.
This section is made up of three parts. They are tabulated below:
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Media Resources |
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Educational technology and ICT |
What is Educational Technology? |
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Educational technology as a system approach to education |
Luppicini, R. (2005) A Systems Definition of Educational Technology in Society, Educational Technology & Society.
Sections on ‘Educational Technology' (pp. 105-106), ‘A Systemic View'
(pp. 106-107)and ‘Conclusion' (pp. 107-108) |
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Systems approach to educational problem solving |
The Commonwealth of Learning and Asian Development Bank (1999) An Overview of Open and Distance Learning- Training Toolkit
Section 3.2 of
Topic 1: Introduction to Open and Distance Learning (pp. 10-12) |
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Applying systems approach to ICT application - framework and strategy |
Deploying ICTs in Schools: A framework for identifying and assessing technology options, their benefits, feasibility and total cost of ownership VERSION 4.0.6 June 2009.
Chapter 1: The framework (pp. 4-12, 13-14) http://eldis.org/assests/Docs/23407.html
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Learning Outcomes
By the end of this section, you should be able to:
- Describe the concept of educational technology in the context of ICT use in educational situations.
- Explain the need to have a comprehensive definition of the term educational technology integrating the concept of systems theory.
- Describe the term systems approach as a dynamic concept of problem solving.
- Explain the framework and approach for system based ICT deployment in educational situations.
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