PROF ED NOTES - EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY CBRC YELLOW BOOK: https://invle.co/clcix6q • Technology refers to material objects of use to humanity, such as machines or hardware, but it can also encompass broader themes, including systems, methods of organization, and techniques. • Educational technology is human invention and/or discoveries that satisfy educational needs and facilitate learning. • The three main schools of thought or PHILOSOPHICAL FRAMEWORK behind educational technology are Behaviorism, Cognitivism, and Constructivism. • BEHAVIORISMwas the theoretical framework used by Ivan Pavlov, Edward Thorndike, Edward C. Tolman, Clark L. Hull, BF Skinner and othersto describe and experiment with human learning. • BF Skinner’s contribution includes his extensive writing on improvements of teaching based in his functional analysis of Verbal Behavior and a system he called programmed instruction. • Cognitive theories look beyond behaviors to explain brain-based learning and consider how human memory wor