History of Educational Technology

“Hi Harvey, Whatʼs new?”“Schwier, you donʼt know whatʼs old.” - Professor Harvey Frye

Indiana University, 1977

Go ahead...

Why bother?

• because Alec and Rob say so

• rich tradition

• Canadian edtech vs. USA edtech

• enjoy knowing where you fit - river of life

• past provides understanding of the future

Why me?

• because Alec & Rob say so

• old guy syndrome

• know a lot of old dudes

• actually studied with some old dudes

• started out in the USA

• came to Canada early enough to witness much of its growth and transformation

It’s Greek to me

Elder Sophists and Future Shop salespeople

Greek Philosophy

Four questions of cause: materialformalefficientfunctional

Greek Philosophy4 questions of cause: material, formal, efficient, functional

seven cardinal virtues & seven deadly sins• chastity

• temperance

• charity

• diligence

• patience

• kindness

• humility

• lust

• gluttony

• greed

• sloth

• wrath

• envy

• pride

Question 1:

• What is your earliest memory of an educational technology?

Question 2:

• Who is the most influential non-Canadian scholar in educational technology you can name?

Question 3

• Who is the most influential CANADIAN scholar in educational technology you can name?

List of “thinkers” in ECT according toWikipedia:

Karl FischIan JukesJamie McKenzieScott McLeodAlan NovemberSeymour PapertWill RichardsonGary StagerJohn SwellerJoyce Kazman ValenzaDavid WarlickDavid Marcovitz

Rick:

ComeniusJames FinnRobert GagnéAlbert BanduraSeymour PapertMarshall McLuhanAllan PaivioNicholas NegroponteM. David MerrillBrent WilsonDavid JonassenCharles ReigeluthAndy GibbonsEtienne WengerDenys Hlynka

Posse cup quiz• How many of these people can you name?

And how about these?

and these?

What is CNIE?

Canadian Network for Innovation in Education - 2007

AMTEC - 1971 CADE - 1980s

CAVA - 1961

EMAC-1968

DAVI - 1958

ETRAC - 1968

Journals as moving targetsAMTEC

• CAVA News - 1958

• Educational Media - 1969 - 1971

• Media Message - 1973 -

• Canadian Journal of Educational Communication 1983 - 2001

• Canadian Journal of Learning & Technology 2001 - ??

Journals as moving targetsAECT

• AVCR - 1952-1977

• Educational Communication and Technology (ECTJ) - 1978 - 1992

• Journal of Instructional Development 1978-1992

• Educational Technology Research & Development 1992 - ??

Panaceas for schools

• Film - 1940s

• Television - 1950s

• Programmed instruction - 1960s

• Systematic instructional design - 1970s

• Computers - 1980s

• The Internet - 1990s

• Social networks & Web 2.0 - 2000s

MPATI

A Turning Point: Social responsibility

• One Laptop Per Child (August, 2006 Ted Talk, Nicholas Negroponte)

• http://tinyurl.com/2gbo5p

Movement-not technology but epistemology

• Objectivism

• Cognitivism

• Constructivism

• Collective constructionism- Social learning

Individuals

Groups

Shifts in ET from Teemu Arina

Shifts in ET

Objectivism

Cognitivism

Social Learning

Constructivism

Shifts in ET

Objectivism

Cognitivism

Social Learning

Constructivism

Individual growth

Group growth

Distinctly Canadian

Common mis-speakings• ET is a new discipline

• Media comparison studies

• Data = knowledge

• Knowledge - understanding

• Models of complex systems are true

• Computers can replace teachers

• ET = computers + internet + schools

The Future