Integrating Educational Technology into TeachingChapter 9

A Link to the Future- Emerging Developments in Technology IntegrationByM. D. Roblyer

Why Future Vision is Important

• Potential influence on future learning environments

• Need to channel and manage technological change

Four Trends

•Wireless Networking

•Visualization

• Interfaces

•Hand-Held Systems

Wireless Networks

Impact of Wireless Networking

• Classroom flexibility

• Collaboration

• Virtual schooling

• Mobile learning

• Home networking

Visualization

•Virtual Reality

•3D Visualization

Impact of Virtual Environments

• Virtual Field Trips

• VR-Based Therapies

• Visual Learning

• Knowledge

Construction

• Freedom for Disabled

Interfaces

•Voice Recognition

•Handwriting Recognition

•Brain Connections

Implications of New Interfaces

•Emphasis on listening

and speaking skills

•Decrease emphasis

on keyboarding

Hand-Held Systems

•Beyond PDAs

•E-Book

•Wearable Systems

Impact of Hand-Helds

•Distributed learning

•Lower cost, easier

access to

information

•Ubiquitous

computing

Recurring Themes

•Teachers will retain a key role

• Interdisciplinary approaches will

flourish

•Research & problem-solving skills will

gain attention

•Assessment methods will change to

reflect new curriculum

•Distance learning will play a large role