Ed Tech Intro Resources
As noted in the course description, the purpose of this course is to provide a comprehensive overview of the field of educational technology. Guided by the standards that our field has evolved, candidates learn how to plan for impactful integration of technology, thereby putting theory into practice.
Module 5: Knowledge Base
Educational technology is a highly researched field. Listed here are some of the key resources for accessing this research. Whenever possible, I suggest that you should obtain the electronic versions of these documents. Then you can keyword search them for what you seek. For example, the entire AECT handbook is available in a single PDF file. Imagine being able to search that entire body of scholarly literature so handily!
Reviews- U.S. Department of Education. (2010). Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning: A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies. Available from http://www.udel.edu/edtech/e-learning/readings/US-DOE-Evaluation-of-Evidence-Based-Practices-in-Online-Learning.pdf.
- Escueta, M., Quan, V., Nickow, A.J., & Oreopoulos, P. (2017). Education Technology: An Evidence-based Review. NBER Working Paper No. 23744. Available from http://www.nber.org/papers/w23744. Reviews experiments in the realm of (1) providing access to computers, (2) computer assisted learning, (3) behavioral interventions, and (4) online courses. Contains tables listing applications from which students could choose to make presentations of the products they want to look into. Interesting and effective uses of text messaging in the behavioral interventions section.
- Spector, M.J., Merrill, M.D., Elen, J., & Bishop, M.J. (2014). Handbook of Research on Educational Communications and Technology. (4th Edition) New York, NY: Springer. For several decades, the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) has been publishing this handbook of research that serves practitioners as a knowledge base of researched best practices in the field of educational technology. If you decide to study the AECT knowledge base, however, normally it requires a subscription. There is a substantial student discount as described at aect.org. University of Delaware students, however, can freely access the knowledge base by following this link to its online copy at Delcat Discovery.
- ISTE. (2017). Redefining learning in a technology-driven world. Available from https://cdn.iste.org/www-root/PDF/advocacy-pages/Making%20the%20Case%20for%20the%20ISTE%20Standards.pdf. Contains implementation scenarios and a crosswalk comparing the new standards to the previous (2007) version.
- Bransford, J.D., Brown, A.L., & Cocking, R.R. (Eds., 2000). How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School. (Expanded Edition) Washington, DC: National Academy Press. This book can be read freely online, or you can purchase a printed copy that ships within 24 hours. Created by the National Research Council, this book establishes the research base for making decisions about how technology should be used.
- Mayer, Richard E. (2020). Multimedia Learning. 3rd edition. New York: Cambridge University Press. Available from https://www.amazon.com/Multimedia-Learning-Richard-Mayer/dp/1316638081/. Identifies research-based principles that guide the design of effective multimedia learning resources.
- Clark, R. C. and Mayer, R. E. (2016). eLearning and the Science of Instruction. 4th edition. San Francisco: Pfeiffer. Available for purchase from https://www.amazon.com/Learning-Science-Instruction-Guidelines-Multimedia/dp/1119158664/.
- Harasim, Linda. (2017) Learning Theory and Online Technologies. 2nd edition. New York: Routledge. Available for purchase from https://www.amazon.com/Learning-Theory-Online-Technologies-Harasim/dp/113886000X.
