Chapter 13Looking Ahead

ETEC 562

Jody McIntier

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-to-person 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 FutureTechnology & 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 & uploading-electronic 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 21st 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!