One Chance to Re/Define EdTech Friday, July 17
2:49 PM

Here's a question I've been pondering for some time now, "As an educational technologist, if you had one chance to reframe general faculty's understanding of what educational technology is or can or should be, what would you say?"  Or perhaps, to borrow from Educause Learning Initiative, what are the "7 Things Faculty Need to Know About EdTech?"

I do believe that educational technology, as a field and discipline, has not positioned itself very well within most institutions, K-20; I blogged about it almost two full years ago and recently noticed a similar conversation in the blogosphere.  I have a few ideas but am interested in what the community might suggest thoughts before I dig further into the idea.
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Jeff Swain said...

Here is what I want my ID tribe to look like:
My instructional designer tribe is interested in innovation. We like to look at disparate parts and bring them together. We are curious and like exploring We see something new or different and wonder how it can be applied to teaching and learning.

We are interested in pushing boundaries in regards to content and participation. We could care less about the content versus design debate. We are neither techno-phobic nor techno-enamored. We are interested in finding out what will work.

Nor are we interested in just assembling parts together to make a course. We refuse to be defined by tasks. It is our vision that brings us together. My tribe of instructional designers is more interested in re-defining what education will look like.

July 18, 2009 7:01 AM

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