Justifying Technology Use and Online Education
I. Motivation:
Gaining learner
attention: The visual and interactive features of
technology seem to help focus students' attention and
encourage them to spend more time on learning tasks,
Engaging the learner
through production work: Students seem to like
activities where they create technology-based products
because such activities promote creativity
Increasing perception of
control: Many students are motivated by feeling they
are in control of their own learning
II. Unique
instructional capabilities
- Linking learners
to information sources
- Linking learners
to education sources
- Helping learners visualize
problems and solutions
- Tracking learner
progress
- Linking learners
to learning tools
III. Support for new
instructional approaches
- Cooperative
learning
- Shared
intelligence
- Problem solving
and higher order skills
IV. Increased teacher
productivity
Many technology
resources help teachers increase their productivity\
V. Required skills
for an information age
- Technology
literacy
- Information
literacy
- Visual literacy
