Description
What is the connection between technology and learning? Do students really learn more in technology-enhanced environments? How does teaching change when technology is introduced? Designing Instruction for Technology-Enhanced Learning addresses the gap between technology skills and the application of those skills in teaching and learning. Authors in this book will guide the reader from focusing on technology to focusing on the goals of using technology to facilitate the teaching and learning experience. Recommendations and practical advice on how to match teaching strategies with supporting media technology are also provided.
Reviews and Testimonials
Rogers has collected an interesting set of articles to help teachers use "technology to enhance teaching and learning, rather than simply adding technology to prepared lectures." The essays include information most appropriate for preservice teachers with little knowledge of basic theoretical concepts and for others (including practicing educators of those who are more computer literate) with an advanced knowledge of computer technology. The sections include information about instructional design, including an overview and foundations, along with specific suggestions for designs for K-12 schools and a separate section for higher education designs. All chapters are easy to read—although some do require relatively high levels of technology literacy—and charges and diagrams aid in understanding the concepts. The chapters end with reference lists, and one even includes and extensive list of Web site. The volume focuses on theoretical, supporting facts, rather than just explaining design features. Constructivism is a common theme throughout, as is the need for effective integration of technology. Recommended for library collections serving undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals.
– C. Grossom, Marian College CHOICE, November 2002, Vol. 40, No. 03
Author's/Editor's Biography
Patricia Rogers (Ed.)
Patricia L. Rogers, PhD, is currently the Interim Dean of the College of Health Sciences and Human Ecology and the School of Graduate Studies at Bemidji State University. Recently, she was the Dean of the School of Education and Graduate Studies at Valley City State University. Dr. Rogers has doctoral preparation in both Art Education and Instructional Systems and Technology from the University of Minnesota. Recently, she was a Professor and graduate program coordinator at Bemidji State University in the department of Professional Education. She is a member of the Minnesota Commissioner of Education's Online Learning Advisory Council and is currently the past-CHAIR of the Minnesota Online Council. Dr. Rogers is a Getty Fellow (1996 Dissertation Fellowship from the Getty Center for Arts in Education) and a Fulbright Scholar (2000-2001) working on designing distance-learning programs in Iceland (Iceland University of Education: Kennarahaskola Islands). She consults internationally on e- learning, is the author of several articles on instructional technology, and regularly presents at technology and education conferences. She was the keynote speaker at UT 2001, a technology and education conference held in Reykjavik, Iceland, and presented follow-up research at The Learning Conference in London, England July 2003 and the Hawaii International Conference on Education in January 2004. Recent work includes the publication of an edited book: -Designing Instruction for Technology-Enhanced Learning (2002),- and is an editor of the Encyclopedia of Distance Learning Teaching, and Technology Applications published in 2005. A second edition is in process.