Views on Educational Technology

Introductory Resources

Humility in EdTech, or 'I Have No Idea How to Teach Your Students' Elliot Hauser Oct 13, 2014 Hauser makes the point EdTech should first be a tool to help teachers teach and students learn. Too much is done to remove the teacher from the equation through automation when the best companies (he lists a few) help build and manage the communication layers between student and teacher. Hauser, E. (2014). Humility in Edtech, or ‘I Have No Idea How to Teach Your Students’. EdSurge. Retrieved April 20, 2017 from: https://www.edsurge.com/news/2014-10-13-opinion-humility-in-edtech-or-i-have-no-idea-how-to-teach-your-students

The 3 Orthodoxies of Educational Technology Joshua Kim Aug 12, 2015 Kim identifies three unspoken beliefs about educational technology carried by the Educational Technology community in Higher Ed. First, blind faith in the benefits of technology limit the ability to see the potential harm in applying tech-centric solutions to educational problems. Second, technology provides metrics that can be used to increase productivity. Third, technology is the solution to the continual removal of resources such as staff and funding. He calls for educational technology to side with the educator, 'building relationships rather than transactions.' Kim, J. (2015). (web log) The 3 Orthodoxies of Educational Technology. Inside HigherEd. Retrieved April 20, 2017 from: https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology-and-learning/3-orthodoxies-educational-technology

Toward a Humanist Educational Technology? Joshua Kim Aug 19, 2015 Kim asks if Educational Technology will become a technological discipline or something based out of the humanities. He provides many questions in this opinion piece, but no answers. Kim, J. (2015). (web log) Toward a Humanist Educational Technology?, Retrieved April 20, 2017 from: https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology-and-learning/toward-humanist-educational-technology

Steps Toward a Big Idea Syllabus mwesch Aug 28, 2015 mwesch lists 9 ideas a teacher can take to make an improved, student engagement focused syllabus. mwesch (2015). (web log) Steps Toward a Big Idea Syllabus. My Teaching Notebook, retrieved April 20, 2017 from: http://myteachingnotebook.com/index.php/2015/08/28/rethinking-the-syllabus/

In Education, Technology Helps but Humans Matter Most Kermit Randa Aug 17, 2016 Randa discusses the pros and cons of technology. He advocates using technology as a tool to improve education and teaching, especially teachers making connections with students, not as something to replace people or duhamanize with metrics. Randa, K. (2016). (web log) In Education, Technology Helps but Humans Matter Most. Huffington Post. retrieved April 20, 2017 from: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kermit-s-randa/in-education-technology-h_b_7998516.html