Foundations of Educational Technology

Nature of technology
 Emergence of educational technology as a discipline

Cybernetics (system approach) - origin of system concept, characteristics and stages of instructional system, general and instructional system theory
====Behavioral science (behaviorist approach) – taxonomic and performance approach to objectives, mastery learning, programmed instruction and teaching machines, individualized approach to instruction – keller plan & IPI, Computer assisted instruction==== ====Behavioral science (cognitivist approach) - information processing model, contributions of piaget, ausubel, bruner, cognitive learning strategies, simulation, artificial intelligence, computer based instruction)====

Instructional design approach – task analysis, instructional design theories – gagne, bruner, constructivist approach, discovery, inquiry
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