Overview

An ideal textbook for masters, doctoral, or educational specialist certificate programs, Foundations of Educational Technology offers a fresh, project-centered approach to the subject, helping students build an extensive electronic portfolio as they navigate the text. The book addresses fundamental characteristics of educational technology that span various users, contexts and settings; includes a full range of engaging exercises for students that will contribute to their professional growth; and offers the following 4-step pedagogical features inspired by M.D. Merrill's First Principles of Instruction: TELL: Primary presentations and pointers to major sources of information and resources ASK: Activities that encourage students to critique applications and share their individual interpretations SHOW: Activities that demonstrate the application of key concepts and complex skills with appropriate opportunities for learner responses DO: Activities in which learners apply key concepts and complex skills while working on practice assignments and/or projects to be created for their electronic portfolios The first textbook to launch Routledge's new Integrative Approaches to Educational Technology series, this indispensible volume covers the core objectives addressed in foundations of educational technology courses.

Full Product Details

Author:   J. Michael Spector
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9780415874717

ISBN 10:   0415874718
Pages:   196
Publication Date:   11 January 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Replaced By:   9781138790285
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Part I. Introduction and Overview 1. Introducing education technology 2. Learning and performing 3. Teaching and training 4. Supporting learning, performance and instruction with technology 5. Integrative approaches to planning and implementation Part II. Theoretical Perspectives with Example Applications 6. Theories of human development 7. Theories of learning and performance 8. Theories of information and communications 9. Instructional theories 10. Instructional design theories Part III. Elaboration, Examples, Discussion, and Activities 11. Introducing innovative technologies and managing change 12. Teaching with technology 13. Educational technologies in the workplace 14. Designing technology-supported learning environments 15. Integrating technology into activities and tasks Part IV. Extensions for Different Contexts 16. K-12 settings 17. Higher education 18. Business and industry 19. Governmental agencies 20. Not-for-profit and non-governmental agencies References, Glossary of Terms, Extended Bibliography, Links and Other Resources

Reviews

Foundations of Educational Technology invokes the foundation and anticipation of the whole edifice. If a clear and approachable introductory chapter, he introduces the terms of the book - technology and education. The he exposes the foundation and superstructure as well in the form of six pillars that support educational technology, which is placed atop the structure, seemingly holding the columns upright and unified. -Educational Technology

Author Information

J. Michael Spector is a research professor at the Learning and Performance Support Laboratory at the University of Georgia. Dr. Spector has served as Executive Vice President on the International Board of Standards for Training, Performance and Instruction (ibstpi), on the Executive Committee of the IEEE Learning Technology Task Force, and as a past President of the Association for Educational and Communications Technology (AECT). He is the editor of the Development Section of ETR&D and serves on numerous other editorial boards. He co-edited the third edition of the Handbook of Research on Educational Communications and Technology and has more than 100 journal articles, book chapters and books to his credit.

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