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The Complex Linkages of Innovative Design Thinking. When considering design innovations of educational technology, it is important to understand what constitutes an innovation in design thinking? Is our design truly innovative or just adopting new technology to old pedagogies and… Continue Reading →

Wiki are websites where the user can read, contribute, or edit the existing content.  Despite the useful promise of Wikis to revolutionize education, they have largely failed to achieve their potential to substantively influence learning outcomes and remain an underutilized… Continue Reading →

Assignment 2-Annotation on Wikis

What we investigated. The resolution of a problem is the stimulus of the learning process.  We have a problem, and this is the first step in problem-based learning cycle as described in (Weller, 2011).  When a strange new noise emanates… Continue Reading →

Audrey Watters is a leading technology journalist, freelance writer, speaker and yes on our reading list with: The Monsters of Education Technology  a collection from her public talks. Her Blog Hack Education is a collection of the historical and relevant… Continue Reading →

Choosing a theoretical position in which to align to in instructional design is akin to choosing which tool to use to repair a car. It depends. It depends on the context, the situation, the learners, the teacher, and the application…. Continue Reading →

A Military Simulator Timeline As a former Miltary Member and new Educational Technologist, I hope you enjoy this historical perspective on the evolution of simulation used in the military context.  https://cdn.knightlab.com/libs/timeline3/latest/embed/index.html?source=106qNi7hybvsUDYA2oopSyRQlEZnXjXdL9FVxhyWM6f8&font=Default&lang=en&initial_zoom=2&height=650 References FAAC. (2018, 09 15). FAAC. Retrieved from Military Simulation… Continue Reading →

The most poignant lesson from EdTech past is how economic interests define education technology selection, often at odds with the underpinning theoretical framework. The argument presented by (Weller, 2018, p 5) in Twenty Years of Ed Tech supports the conclusion… Continue Reading →

An independent search on the history of Educational Technology revealed that this term is multi-faceted one. The field encompasses educational theory, design, processes, resources, implementation, hardware, software, evaluation, and management of education or training systems. Also the wide array of… Continue Reading →