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1. Slide 1: History of Educational Technology Richard Schwier University of Saskatchewan Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 Canada
2. Slide 2: Go ahead...
3. Slide 3: 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
4. Slide 4: Why Engineers Should Know Edgar Dale
5. Slide 5: 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
6. Slide 6: It’s Greek to me • Elder Sophists and Future Shop salespeople
7. Slide 7: Greek Philosophy • Four questions of cause: material formal efficient functional
8. Slide 8: Greek Philosophy • 4 questions of cause: material, formal, efficient, functional
9. Slide 9: seven cardinal virtues & seven deadly sins • chastity • lust • temperance • gluttony • charity • greed • diligence • sloth • patience • wrath • kindness • envy • humility • pride
10. Slide 10: Question 1: • What is your earliest memory of an educational technology?
11. Slide 11: Question 2: • Who is the most influential non-Canadian scholar in educational technology you can name?
12. Slide 12: Question 3 • Who is the most influential CANADIAN scholar in educational technology you can name?
13. Slide 13: Posse cup quiz How many of these people can you name?
14. Slide 14: And how about these?
15. Slide 15: and these?
16. Slide 16: List of “thinkers” in ECT according to •
17. Slide 17: What is CNIE?
18. Slide 18: Canadian Network for Innovation in Education - 2007 AMTEC - 1971 CADE - 1980s EMAC-1968 ETRAC - 1968 CAVA - 1961 DAVI - 1958
19. Slide 19: 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 - ??
20. Slide 20: 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 - ??
21. Slide 21: 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
22. Slide 22: MPATI
23. Slide 23: A Turning Point: Social responsibility • One Laptop Per Child (August, 2006 Ted Talk, Nicholas Negroponte) • http://tinyurl.com/2gbo5p
24. Slide 24: Movement -not technology but epistemology • Objectivism • Cognitivism Individuals • Constructivism • Collective constructionism Groups - Social learning
25. Slide 25: Shifts in ET from Teemu Arina
26. Slide 26: Shifts in ET Objectivism Cognitivism Constructivism Social Learning
27. Slide 27: Shifts in ET Group growth Individual growth Objectivism Cognitivism Constructivism Social Learning
28. Slide 28: Distinctly Canadian
29. Slide 29: 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
30. Slide 30: The Future