Virtual Museum of Educational Technology Project SCoPE session, October 1, 2008 Richard A. Schwier University of Saskatchewan

Purposes of the project To investigate the contemporary history of educational technology To populate a virtual museum of educational technology with interviews, artifacts, media and print documents.

To investigate the contemporary history of educational technology

To populate a virtual museum of educational technology with interviews, artifacts, media and print documents.

Question 1: What is your earliest memory of an educational technology?

What is your earliest memory of an educational technology?

Question 2: Who is the most influential scholar in educational technology you can name?

Who is the most influential scholar in educational technology you can name?

Question 3 What is an important event in the history of educational technology?

What is an important event in the history of educational technology?

Historical Lenses Photo credit: André Karwath, Wikimedia Commons

The People Lens

The People Lens

The People Lens

Wikipedia: Karl Fisch Ian Jukes Jamie McKenzie Scott McLeod Alan November Seymour Papert Will Richardson Gary Stager John Sweller Joyce Kazman Valenza David Warlick David Marcovitz “ Thinkers” in ECT lens Rick’s additions: Comenius James Finn Robert Gagné Katy Campbell Albert Bandura George Siemens Stephen Downes Marshall McLuhan Allan Paivio Marcy Driscoll M. David Merrill Larry Lessig David Jonassen Charles Reigeluth Andy Gibbons Elizabeth Burge Denys Hlynka Your additions:

Wikipedia: Karl Fisch Ian Jukes Jamie McKenzie Scott McLeod Alan November Seymour Papert Will Richardson Gary Stager John Sweller Joyce Kazman Valenza David Warlick David Marcovitz

The Organizational Lens

- 2007 AMTEC - 1971 CADE - 1980s CAVA - 1961 EMAC-1968 DAVI - 1958 ETRAC - 1968

CAVA News - 1958 Educational Media - 1969 - 1971 Media Message - 1973 - Canadian Journal of Educational Communication 1983 - 2001 Canadian Journal of Learning & Technology 2001 - ?? The Publication Lens

CAVA News - 1958

Educational Media - 1969 - 1971

Media Message - 1973 -

Canadian Journal of Educational Communication 1983 - 2001

Canadian Journal of Learning & Technology 2001 - ??

AVCR - 1952-1977 Educational Communication and Technology (ECTJ) - 1978 - 1992 Journal of Instructional Development 1978-1992 Educational Technology Research & Development 1992 - ?? The Publication Lens

AVCR - 1952-1977

Educational Communication and Technology (ECTJ) - 1978 - 1992

Journal of Instructional Development 1978-1992

Educational Technology Research & Development 1992 - ??

Film - 1940s Television - 1950s Programmed instruction - 1960s Systematic instructional design - 1970s Computers - 1980s The Internet - 1990s Social networks & Web 2.0 - 2000s The Panacea Lens

Film - 1940s

Television - 1950s

Programmed instruction - 1960s

Systematic instructional design - 1970s

Computers - 1980s

The Internet - 1990s

Social networks & Web 2.0 - 2000s

The Social Lens

Objectivism Cognitivism Constructivism Connectivism - Social learning The Theoretical Lens Individuals Groups

Objectivism

Cognitivism

Constructivism

Connectivism - Social learning

Shifts in ET lens from Teemu Arina

Shifts in ET Objectivism Cognitivism Social Learning Constructivism Connectivism

Shifts in ET Objectivism Cognitivism Connectivism Constructivism Individual growth Group growth

The National Lens

Partners/Collaborators George Siemens University of Manitoba Sylvia Currie BCcampus Online YOU

But what can you do Any of you can contribute something to the site Identify & gather innovative content. Artifacts? Stories? Video interviews with key people in the field? Examples of classroom media and hardware? Virtual tours of historical sites? You might interview someone to gather stories and artifacts of historical significance You might prepare summaries of the interviews and add your contact's contributions to the museum site Join us for the launch of the Museum in April

Any of you can contribute something to the site

Identify & gather innovative content.

Artifacts? Stories?

Video interviews with key people in the field?

Examples of classroom media and hardware?

Virtual tours of historical sites?

You might interview someone to gather stories and artifacts of historical significance

You might prepare summaries of the interviews and add your contact's contributions to the museum site

Join us for the launch of the Museum in April

Questions (examples) Describe important contributors and contributions to ET. Who was influential in the growth of ET, and why? Any stories from your own experience that inform the history of our field of study? What can we learn from our past? What issues in educational technology do we face? What locations are significant to ET and why? What artefacts or documents are important to us, and why?

Describe important contributors and contributions to ET.

Who was influential in the growth of ET, and why?

Any stories from your own experience that inform the history of our field of study?

What can we learn from our past?

What issues in educational technology do we face?

What locations are significant to ET and why?

What artefacts or documents are important to us, and why?