This document defines and discusses instructional technology. It notes that instructional technology is the design, development, use, management and evaluation of learning processes and resources. It aims to understand how people learn and design instructional systems and materials to facilitate learning. Instructional technologists solve performance problems by designing instructional or non-instructional solutions. The document also lists several types of instructional technologies like flipped classrooms, tablets, smartphones, gamification, online courses, BYOD initiatives, cloud apps and OER. It suggests integrating technology can make learning more engaging, prepare students for the future, improve retention and allow self-paced learning.

1. INSTRUCTIONAL
TECHNOLOGY
BY EVONNE MWANGALE KIPTINNESS
COM 870X

2. Instructional Technology
 It is the theory and practice of design, development,
utilization, management and evaluation of processes and
resources for learning. (Seels & Richey, 1994)
 Instructional Design seeks to teach how to plan, develop,
evaluate and manage the instructional process effectively
to ensure improved performance by learners.
 Instructional Technology's goal is to understand how
people learn and how to best design instructional systems
and instructional materials to facilitate that learning. We
also use appropriate technology to aid us in the design and
delivery of the instruction.
 Instructional Technologists are problem solvers. They look
to understand performance problems and design solutions
to those problems. Sometimes the solution is instructional;
other times the situation requires a non-instructional
solution. (Reiser & Dempsey, 2002)

3. TYPES OF INSTRUCTIONAL
TECHNOLOGIES
 The flipped classroom
 Apple ipad and other tablet devices
 Smartphones
 Gamification of education
 Online courses
 BYOD initiatives
 Cloud apps
 OER

4. The flipped classroom

5. Ipads and Tablets

6. SMART PHONES

7. GAMIFICATION OF EDUCATION

8. Online courses

9. BYOD

10. Cloud Apps

11. OER

12. What IT is available to us?

13. Why integrate technology in the
classroom?
 Makes learning more fun and interactive
 Prepares students for the future
 Improves the retention rate
 Helps students learn at their own pace
 Technology connects with students –
accessible from anywhere

14. REFRENCES
 Seels, B.A., & Richey, R.C.
(1994). Instructional technology: the
definitions and domains of the field.
Washington D.C.: Association for
Educational Communication & Technology.
 Reiser, R.A. & Dempsey, J.V.
(2002). Trends and issues in instructional
design and technology. Upper Saddle
River, NJ: Merrill Prentice Hall.