Educational technology

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1970
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 113 KB
• Volume: 1
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0003-6870
• DOI: 10.1016/0003-6870(70)90053-0

✦ Synopsis

Educational technology

Despite limited success in the past, educational technology can perform a useful function in higher education, according to a report prepared by a committee of the National Academy of Engineering. 'Educational Technology in Higher Education: the promises and limitations of ITV and CAI', prepared by the Instructional Technology Committee of the Academy's Commission on Education, states that the use of instructional television (ITV) and computer-aided instruction (CAI) in higher education should be directed towards assisting the student to become an efficient, independent learner. By using computers to aid the student in routine fact recitation or simple problem-solving exercises, the instructor can use his time more advantageously -to clarify difficult concepts, to introduce interrelationships, and to encourage creative thinking by the student.