By Neptunerover [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], from Wikimedia Commons Authors: Anita Fahrenbruch, Constantinos Hatzigeorgiou (Dino) and Joyce Wimmer We wanted to test the internet on its capability to produce usable learning content on a subject neither of us had any knowledge about. We ended up choosing basket weaving as a topic for […]
Month: September 2018
Moving along the continuum of behaviourism, cognitivism and constructivism
For this blog I was asked to read the articles by Ertmer and Newby (2013) and Merrill (2002), examine how the perspectives of the articles are reflected in my work and how I identify with the theoretical position. My work as an educator is rooted in the early years, specifically working with children in the […]
From Pictographs to Virtual Reality
Watch the timeline on Storytelling – A history of educational technology: From pictographs to virtual reality References Ahansal, M. (2015, April, 16). History of Educational technology [slides]. Retrieved from https://www.slideshare.net/meeshakhan510/history-of-educational-technology-47090932 Barret-Forrester, B. (2013, Nov. 6). The History of the Pencil. Retrieved from: https://aasman.ca/blog/the_history_of_the_pencil Facebook (2018). Junior Dragon’s Den. Virtual Reality of the Kootenays, College division […]
Technology in Education and Instructional Design
The history of technology in education includes many perspectives. In “A History of Instructional Design and Technology: Part I: A History of Instructional Media” and “Part II: A History of Instructional Design” Reiser (2001) shares his viewpoints on the topic dating back to the early 20th century. Weller (2018) in his article “Twenty Years of […]
Memories about technology in education
Today I want to take a trip down memory lane to look at the history of technology in education. My explorations take me from my teenage experiences in my birth country Germany to my home country of Canada. Unable to resist the temptation to compare these two countries in their use of technology in the […]
