Abstract
This paper aims at presenting a review about instructional system technology integration in educational literature. Transitional periods of educational technology are discussed and principles of integration of instructional technology in educational technology are reviewed.
Highlights
Papers concerning instructional technology discuss a lot of matters besides educational technology (ET)
What is “instructional technology” (IT)? Is it merely a synonym for computers, or does its meaning transcend hardware and software to include both physical and intellectual facets in its domain? What problems define the field of instructional design and technology (IDT)? These questions are in many instructional technologists’ minds in response to major shifts in delivery media, delivery infrastructure, design and development software, learning theory, instructional theory, and design theory
Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary takes a sociological perspective in its definition of technology as “... the totality of the means employed to provide objects necessary for human sustenance and comfort” and “a technical method of achieving a practical purpose,” the prevailing public definition based on current usage is “technology equals machinery.”
Summary
Papers concerning instructional technology discuss a lot of matters besides educational technology (ET). Is it merely a synonym for computers, or does its meaning transcend hardware and software to include both physical and intellectual facets in its domain? What problems define the field of instructional design and technology (IDT)? These questions are in many instructional technologists’ minds in response to major shifts in delivery media, delivery infrastructure, design and development software, learning theory, instructional theory, and design theory. How broad is the scope of questions? How well-expressed are the field’s problems, and how well directed and founded is the research? How broad is the scope of questions? How well-expressed are the field’s problems, and how well directed and founded is the research?
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