The RRU MALAT Program journey has brought our cohort to course LRNT 526, Inquiry into Contemporary Issues in Learning Technologies. In this course, we will be using the practice of critical inquiry to explore a learning technology through the lens of a specific learning experience and a further, deeper dive into a subsection of the use of that technology. I have joined Jeff Clemens, Alastair Linds, and Anita Fahrenbruch to form...
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For Activity 7, we formed a team as Christy Boyce, Brandon Carson, Andrea Livingstone, David Livingstone and Michael Murray. We were tasked with reading about the ‘great media debate’ in the field of learning and technology through reading the claims of Clark (1994) and Kozma (1994) as they debate whether or not media influence learning. Our second task was to find four articles that were in stark contrast to either...
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I’ll be honest, this assignment felt daunting to me. The readings were intense and our Prof’s request to choose a position aligning with one of the stances of either educational theory or instructional principles had me struggling to determine how I would proceed. After reading Ertmer and Newby’s (2013) exposition on Behaviorism, Cognitivism, and Constructivism in instructional design and Merrill’s (2002)...
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Edtech Updates: Then and Now Further study of the history of educational technology (edtech) is not complete without considering which advancements have allowed enhanced learning. By checking in regularly with evidence that supports our practices, we can hope to avoid financial losses, frustrations, and waste. Our cohort has been asked to review, compare, and contrast two articles that were written at different times and give snapshot...
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