History of Educational Technology Richard Schwier University of Saskatchewan Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 Canada

Richard Schwier

University of Saskatchewan

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Why bother? because Alec and Rob say so rich tradition Canadian edtech vs. USA edtech enjoy knowing where you fit - river of life past provides understanding of the future

because Alec and Rob say so

rich tradition

Canadian edtech vs. USA edtech

enjoy knowing where you fit - river of life

past provides understanding of the future

Why Engineers Should Know Edgar Dale

Why me? because Alec & Rob say so old guy syndrome know a lot of old dudes actually studied with some old dudes started out in the USA came to Canada early enough to witness much of its growth and transformation

because Alec & Rob say so

old guy syndrome

know a lot of old dudes

actually studied with some old dudes

started out in the USA

came to Canada early enough to witness much of its growth and transformation

It’s Greek to me Elder Sophists and Future Shop salespeople

Elder Sophists and Future Shop salespeople

Greek Philosophy Four questions of cause: material formal efficient functional

Four questions of cause: material formal efficient functional

Greek Philosophy 4 questions of cause: material, formal, efficient, functional

4 questions of cause: material, formal, efficient, functional

seven cardinal virtues & seven deadly sins chastity temperance charity diligence patience kindness humility lust gluttony greed sloth wrath envy pride

chastity

temperance

charity

diligence

patience

kindness

humility

lust

gluttony

greed

sloth

wrath

envy

pride

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 non-Canadian scholar in educational technology you can name?

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

Question 3 Who is the most influential CANADIAN scholar in educational technology you can name?

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

Posse cup quiz How many of these people can you name?

And how about these?

and these?

List of “thinkers” in ECT according to 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 Rick (abridged): Comenius James Finn Robert Gagné Albert Bandura Seymour Papert Marshall McLuhan Allan Paivio Nicholas Negroponte M. David Merrill Elizabeth Boling Macy Driscoll George Siemens Stephen Downes Brent Wilson David Jonassen Charles Reigeluth Andy Gibbons Etienne Wenger Denys Hlynka Terry Anderson

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

What is CNIE?

Canadian Network for Innovation in Education - 2007 AMTEC - 1971 CADE - 1980s CAVA - 1961 EMAC-1968 DAVI - 1958 ETRAC - 1968

Journals as moving targets AMTEC CAVA News - 1958 Educational Media - 1969 - 1971 Media Message - 1973 - Canadian Journal of Educational Communication 1983 - 2001 Canadian Journal of Learning & Technology 2001 - ??

CAVA News - 1958

Educational Media - 1969 - 1971

Media Message - 1973 -

Canadian Journal of Educational Communication 1983 - 2001

Canadian Journal of Learning & Technology 2001 - ??

Journals as moving targets AECT AVCR - 1952-1977 Educational Communication and Technology (ECTJ) - 1978 - 1992 Journal of Instructional Development 1978-1992 Educational Technology Research & Development 1992 - ??

AVCR - 1952-1977

Educational Communication and Technology (ECTJ) - 1978 - 1992

Journal of Instructional Development 1978-1992

Educational Technology Research & Development 1992 - ??

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

Film - 1940s

Television - 1950s

Programmed instruction - 1960s

Systematic instructional design - 1970s

Computers - 1980s

The Internet - 1990s

Social networks & Web 2.0 - 2000s

MPATI

A Turning Point: Social responsibility One Laptop Per Child (August, 2006 Ted Talk, Nicholas Negroponte) http://tinyurl.com/2gbo5p

One Laptop Per Child (August, 2006 Ted Talk, Nicholas Negroponte)

http://tinyurl.com/2gbo5p

Movement -not technology but epistemology Objectivism Cognitivism Constructivism Collective constructionism - Social learning Individuals Groups

Objectivism

Cognitivism

Constructivism

Collective constructionism - Social learning

Shifts in ET from Teemu Arina

Shifts in ET Objectivism Cognitivism Social Learning Constructivism

Shifts in ET Objectivism Cognitivism Social Learning Constructivism Individual growth Group growth

Distinctly Canadian

Common mis-speakings ET is a new discipline Media comparison studies Data = knowledge Knowledge - understanding Models of complex systems are true Computers can replace teachers ET = computers + internet + schools North Americans invented ET

ET is a new discipline

Media comparison studies

Data = knowledge

Knowledge - understanding

Models of complex systems are true

Computers can replace teachers

ET = computers + internet + schools

North Americans invented ET

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