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Will tech revolutionize education?
Does technology make a difference in education?
This short (7 min 22 sec) video reviews the question "will technology revolutionize education?" by covering some of the studies comparing tech (records, TV, computers, etc) to see if it makes an impact on learning.
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Veritasium
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Dr. Janet Corral
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See also the seminal work by Thomas Russel called The No Significant Difference Phenomenon. 1999. NC State. that is also a website: http://www.nosignificantdifference.org/. These studies all point to no matter what the medium (technology), there is no impact on learning. However, these studies do not take into account context or the curriculum design of the intervention.
A classic debate in Educational Technology is: is the tech itself what makes the difference, or is the tech merely a conduit for making a difference? This debate played out in a series of articles by Clark and Kozma. The two classics to focus your time reading are:
A classic debate in Educational Technology is: is the tech itself what makes the difference, or is the tech merely a conduit for making a difference? This debate played out in a series of articles by Clark and Kozma. The two classics to focus your time reading are:
- Clark, Richard E. (1983). Reconsidering Research on Learning from Media, Review of Educational Research 53 (Winter 1983) - http://rer.sagepub.com/content/53/4/445.abstract
- Kozma, Robert B. (1994), The Influence of Media on Learning: The Debate Continues, School Library Media Research, Volume 22, Number 4, Summer 1994. - http://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/aaslpubsandjournals/slr/edchoice/SLMQ_InfluenceofMediaonLearning_InfoPower.pdf