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The Use of Technology

in Education

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G H Patel College of Engineering & Technology

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17th Anniversary

Recently, Our college has celebrated its 17th Anniversary.

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What is Technology?

1. Technology is Objects: Tools, machines, instruments, weapons, appliances - the

physical devices of technical performance

2. Technology is Knowledge: The know-how behind technological innovation

3. Technology is Activities: What people do - their skills, methods, procedures, routines

4. Technology is a Process: Begins with a need and ends with a solution

5. Technology is a Sociotechnical System: The manufacture and use of objects involving people and

other objects in combination

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Purpose of Technology in Education

Plan should clearly identify learning goals to be achieved through technology

Technology should support instructional learning goals -- integrated into instruction in meaningful ways

Technology should be used for challenging, long-term projects that promote students' higher-order thinking skills

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Technology Problem Solving

How can administrators get the most out of education technology?

How can faculty get the most out of education technology?

How can students get the most out of education technology?

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Technology In the Classroom

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How can we make things better?

Make Technology: Pervasive Natural to use Wireless Effortless Easy to use a little or a

lot

Provide standard desktop for instructors

Make it easy to combine methodologies Blackboard,

transparencies, video.. Provide technical staff

“Security blanket”

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Obtaining, Organizing, and Using New Technology

Classrooms, labs

Wireless networks

Technology vendors

Partnerships with the private sector

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Current & Future Technology

Current Technology College Website

(“INTRANET”) Description Syllabus Reading Material In-class presentation

material Assignments Video Grades FAQ’s

Future Technology Digitized lecture video Video Conferencing for

“office hours” Beyond imagination

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Distance Education

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New Concepts…

“Distance Education”

“Distance Learning”

“E-Learning”

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Trends in Distance Education

More people interested in: Supplementing

education Getting degree Non-credit education

Industry and Military interested in cost-effective ways to train

Becoming more expensive to provide traditional classrooms and labs

Technology available in homes, libraries, community centers becoming very sophisticated

Trends would all seem to converge with Distance Education – people taking

classes without going to class

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Overcoming Problems

Problems: Delivering information Controlling progress

through class Conducting labs Helping students with

projects & papers Testing

Making it possible thru: Internet Web DSL/Cable access Desktops, laptops,

PDA’s

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Value added by Instructor

Providing websites, slides, demos, animations is not enough Most critical component - Instructor

No technology will replace human interaction Instructors can “read” students in classroom Instructors can provide further explanation Instructors can guide discussion in a different

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Two sides of Coins

As, technology has its own “pro’s” and “cons”.

Technology may not always be appropriate in every educational setting.

So, one should only think while taking use of the word “TECHNOLOGY”

“What limits should be placed on its use?”