Learning technologies may be considered on a continuum of innovation ranging from renewal to new. Renewal would be replacing one technology with another similar technology. In the middle between renewal and new would be replacing a technology with one that has many new features. New would be introducing a technology that has few or no […]
Month: January 2018
Design Principles to Assess Learning Technologies
When assessing learning technologies, frameworks such as the Bates’ SECTIONS framework may be considered (Bates, 2015), but I am going to make the argument that it is overly high level and does not focus enough on the teaching and learning value of the technology. The SECTIONS model looks at criteria such as Student access, Ease-of-use, […]