Chapter 13 Looking Ahead ETEC 562 Jody Mc

Chapter 13 Looking Ahead ETEC 562 Jody Mc. Intier

Trends in Media & Technology • Merging of media formats • “Multimedia” ~ books w/phonograph records; kits w/real objects, etc. • Interactive video • Virtual reality

Continued Use of Traditional Audiovisual Media • Used more than computer-based media • Used less than textbooks • ½ of all training uses traditional instructor and printed material

Evolution of Computer-Based Media • THEN Computer Labs – computer literacy or math • NOW Computers in classrooms – research tool • THEN Corporations – instructor • NOW Computer based training

Pervasiveness of Telecommunication. Based Media • 95% of schools have Internet access • 66% of teachers use the Internet in class • Desktop video conferencing – person-toperson real-time conference • Web training reduces printing and facility

Combining Telecommunications Technologies • Breaking down the walls of the classroom – sharing ideas & information • Making a more national – international community • Technology is becoming more useful, prevalent, “intelligent, & powerful ~ less intimidating, noticeable, demanding and expensive

Application of Advanced Interactive Technologies • Includes – multimedia, hypermedia & virtual reality • Main use to deliver basic courses across media sites

Increased Use of Technology for Inclusion • • • Meet special needs of students Control rate of speech delivery Enlarge information Use a voice synthesizer Take notes in Braille

Schools of the Future Technology & Education • Must be perceived as useful • Must be easy to master • Must be nonthreatening

Structure of the Classroom • Then – single adult orchestrates diverse activities for learners • Now – division of labor – parents, volunteers, and student tutors

Changing Role of the Teacher • Then – Information presenter • Now – Learning resources coordinator, facilitator, manager, counselor, and motivator • Independently with individuals or small groups

Intelligent Agents to Assist Learning • Computer program that appears to have the characteristics of an animated being. • Role – help students manage information, tutor, coach/mentor, tool for creating a student’s own personal intelligent agent

Impact of New Technologies on School Media Centers • Then – shelving & circulation • Now – downloading & uploadingelectronic receiving, storing, indexing, and distributing information to teachers, students, classrooms, and homes

Increasing Communication Between Schools and Homes • Teachers can send homework & assignments via email • Parents, students and teachers can interact about assignments

The Home as Center for Technology-Based Learning • E-mail study groups • Web-based research • Computer based educational software

Closing the Technology Gap • Making sure low-income students have access to computers • Training computer skills to workers

Workplaces of the Future • Increasing Importance of Technology – workers will need technical skills in communication, problem solving & production • Changing Workforce – diverse, variety of languages and various abilities • Changing Nature of Work – telework – mobile work place • Changing Nature of Training – just-in-time training & cross training • Assessment of Training – Total Quality Management – learner satisfaction, skill demonstration, transfer to job, impact on goals

Welcome to the 21 st Century • Teaching & Learning w/Traditional Media & New Technology – using the right tool • Continuing Development of Hardware & Software – faster than expectations • E-books & E-paper – blend traditional book & computer • Software Developments – digitization of information, amateurs can produce professional quality work

The Future • Changes are happening faster than we can anticipate • Exciting things just around the corner The End!