Instructional Technology and Objectification

Instructional Technology

In popular usage, instructional technology refers to the use of communications media–hardware and software-to help people learn. At different times different media have been central to educators' conception of instructional technology. The term first came into widespread use in the early 1960s; James D. Finn, a professor at the University of Southern California, was probably the most vigorous p...

Behaviorism and Instructional Technology

Since the first publication of this chapter in the previous edition of the Handbook, some changes have occurred in the theoretical landscape. Cognitive psychology has moved further away from its roots in information processing toward a stance that emphasizes individual and group construction of knowledge. The notion of the mind as a computer has fallen into disfavor largely due to the mechanist...

Ethical Responsibilities of Instructional Design and Technology Discipline

Background and Aim: Generally, where learning and teaching concerns,   instructional technology’s presence had been certain. Instructional technology by having the standards and components of a profession needs ethics. Therefore, as a professional, an instructional technologist has to yield to ethical criteria, knowledge, standards, and appreciate ethical responsibilities in order to succeed. T...

UNCW Masters Instructional Technology

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY Promise and Pitfalls

\-\'hen does instmctional technology promote learning? The goal of this chapter is to offer one answer to this question by examining the classic distinction between the roles of media versus method in promoting learning. To this end, I first propose a cognitive-affective theory of learning with media from which a set of instmctional design principles are derived. Then, for three different media...