Key Concepts:Integrating

Instructional TechnologyIn the

Classroom

Michael Simonson

http://www.nova.edu/~simsmich/

Concept

Definition of Instructional Technology

“The theory and practice of design, development, utilization, management and evaluation of

(systematic) processes and resources for learning.”

Instructional Technology

COMPONENTSCOMPONENTS OF OF INSTRUCTIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL

TECHNOLOGYTECHNOLOGY

• Things/Devices• People• Processes

The World:The World:

The United States:The United States:

Concept

Media Are “Mere Vehicles”

“The best current evidence is that media are mere vehicles that deliver instruction but do not influence student achievement any more than the truck that delivers our groceries causes changes in our nutrition.”

Richard Clark

We learn by:

We remember from:

Hearing 11%

Seeing 83%

Hearing 20%

Seeing (& Hearing) 50-70%

How we learn:1% Through taste

2% Through touch

3% Through smell

11% Through hearing

83% Through sight

How we learn:1% Through taste

2% Through touch

3% Through smell

11% Through hearing

83% Through sight

An Example of Visual Literacy

Concept

Classroom Use of Technology

General Guidelines2W 6W Rule

Inches = Number

Eye Level = Bottom