Instructional technology

Qualitative Research for Instructional Technology Background: A trend of the past several years has been the growing use of qualitative research for educational research. Qualitative research, broadly defined, means "any kind of research that produces findings not arrived at by means of statistical procedures or other means of quantification. Where quantitative researchers seek causal determination, prediction, and generalization of findings, qualitative researchers seek instead illumination

The Relevance of Behavioral Psychology to Instructional Technology Behavioral Psychology Defined John Watson wrote a paper in the Psychological Review in 1913 and defined behavioral psychology or behaviorism as …a purely objective experimental branch of natural science. Its theoretical goal is the prediction and control of behavior. Introspection forms no essential part of its methods, nor is the scientific value of its data dependent upon the readiness with which they lend themselves

Knowledge Management and Instructional Technology The new "buzz word" in many corporate circles currently is the term "Knowledge Management or K.M." KM is considered mostly a role for the Information Technologist because of its storage of the company's information on databases. Because of the "info-glut" that is occurring in many corporations, K.M. is strongly becoming the role for the Instructional Technologist to group that information into training modules for the corporate Intranet,

Qualitative Research Qualitative Research Defined: The simplest way to define qualitative research is to say that it is a type of research which involves interpreting nonnumerical data. The underlying belief of qualitative research is that "meaning is situated in a particular perspective or context, and, since different people and groups have different perspectives and contexts, there are many different meanings in the world, none of which is necessarily more valid or true than another"

Earle, R. (2002). The Integration of Instructional Technology into Public Education: Promises and Challenges. 42(1), 5-13. This journal article, which comes from the professor of education out of Brigham University, Utah, examines technology as a tool for students but not as a form of reliance for teachers. This article also takes a look at the economic perspective of incorporating digital technology more frequently into the classroom. As well, this article takes a very sociological perspective

media of communication are involved in a learning package or instructional Procedure. A teaching content of a subject varies in nature therefore; it can be best presented by employing various media of communication. Moreover it facilitates the individual variation of the learner. Now multimedia package of learning are developed. This multi-media approach has been tried in our country, in NCERT and at the Center of Educational Technology (CET) as the mass media for in service teacher-educators. This

The Role of Instructional Technology in Change Management Businesses change processes and personnel to remain competitive. Essentially their bottom line is profit and efficiency. Change management can be described as implementing new ideas and processes by maximizing the positive components and minimizing the negative to management, employees, and customers (Anonymous, 1999, p. 76). There are many variables to consider when implementing a new process to an organization. This paper will focus

The use of technology in today’s time continues to develop inside and beyond the classroom. Promoting technology in classrooms gives teachers the tools they need to connect with this digital media world; however, the challenge is how and when integration is useful. Many teachers currently do not have the technological fluency to accomplish the goals of the new national standards. The Common Core standards expect teachers to include technology in their learning to increase student achievement. It

I enrolled in the instructional technology program because I have a passion for technology. I do not necessarily have any intentions of teaching at the K-12 level but the knowledge I have received in this class can still apply to adult training. I find that there is little differentiation between children learning and adults learning. Ultimately, no matter what age a student is he or she needs to be engaged and have choices on what they want to learn and how they want to learn it. What impacted

Introduction A range of studies has been conducted on instructional technology. Many findings show that technology has a significant contribution to the improvement in teachers’ competency and instruction effectiveness. However, not all applications of technology in the classroom lead to the desired goals. There are numerous constrains that may contribute to this. The level of technology acceptance is one of these factors. However, what influences technology acceptance among teachers? The article discusses