Is the study and ethical practice of facilitating learning and improving performance by creating, using and managing appropriate technological processes and resources."
The term educational technology is often associated with, and encompasses, instructional theory and learning theory . While instructional technology covers the processes and systems of learning and instruction, educational technology includes other systems used in the process of developing human capability. Educational Technology includes, but is not limited to, software, hardware, as well as Internet applications and activities. But there is still debate on what these terms mean.
Technology can refer to material objects of use to humanity, such as machines or hardware, but it can also encompass broader themes, including systems, methods of organization, and techniques.
Any valid and reliable process or procedure that is derived from basic research using the "scientific method" is considered a "technology." Educational or Human Performance Technology may be based purely on algorithmic or heuristic processes, but neither necessarily implies physical technology. The word technology comes from the Greek "techine" which means craft or art.
Educational Technologist is someone who transforms basic educational and psychological research into an evidence-based applied science (or a technology) of learning or instruction.
Theories and practices
Behaviorism
Skinner's Contributions
Cognitivism
Constructivism
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