Abstract
This collection brings together four articles which examine both broad approaches to the history of educational technology and more specific analysis of particular technologies. The broader reviews investigate different research patterns and the different challenges and contexts that such research has responded to. The specific analyses examine the development of eportfolios and VLEs. The history of educational technology is under-documented and this collection seeks to add to the literature in this field.
Highlights
History of Educational Technology – Editorial. This collection brings together four articles which examine both broad approaches to the history of educational technology and more specific analysis of particular technologies
The history of educational technology is under-documented and this collection seeks to add to the literature in this field
The second specific technology paper from Farrelly, Costello and Donlon looks at perhaps the most dominant educational technology, the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE or LMS). They take the approach of analysing the different metaphors used to talk about the VLE and combine these into six themes
Summary
This collection brings together four articles which examine both broad approaches to the history of educational technology and more specific analysis of particular technologies. The specific analyses examine the development of eportfolios and VLEs. The history of educational technology is under-documented and this collection seeks to add to the literature in this field. I suggested that there were few books in the area of educational technology.
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