1. Dr. Ronald J. Anderson, Texas A&M International University 1 Chapter 1 Today’s Technological Challenges Teaching with Technology: Designing Opportunities to Learn Priscilla Norton & Karen M. Wilbur Teaching with Technology: Designing Opportunities to Learn Teaching with Technology: Designing Opportunities to Learn EDIT 5300 Instructional Design and Theory

2. 2Dr. Ronald J. Anderson, Texas A&M International University Instructional Design The term design is used in the textbook to refer to the process educators use to intentionally plan learning experiences that are appropriate for their students.

3. 3Dr. Ronald J. Anderson, Texas A&M International University Purpose of Course The book is bound together by the notion that the new electronic technologies are one of the primary, if not the primary, stimuli shaping new educational environments and new ways of designing instruction. Student learning is not accidental; it is the direct result of students’ experience of the learning opportunities teachers design.

4. 4Dr. Ronald J. Anderson, Texas A&M International University New Technologies Each new technology—the alphabet, the printing press, the electronic technologies— profoundly changes the way humans come to know and interact with the world.

5. 5Dr. Ronald J. Anderson, Texas A&M International University Socrates In Socrates’ tale, Thamus believed that the discovery of letters would create forgetfulness since others would trust the external written characters and not remember for themselves. Worse yet, letters would give their users not truth but only the semblance of truth.

6. 6Dr. Ronald J. Anderson, Texas A&M International University Stages of Technology Stage 1 follows the line of least resistance; technology is applied in ways that do not threaten people. Stage 1 follows the line of least resistance; technology is applied in ways that do not threaten people. Stage 2 begins when new technology is merged with older technologies to perform functions we are already able to do but which may be done more efficiently with a new technology. Stage 2 begins when new technology is merged with older technologies to perform functions we are already able to do but which may be done more efficiently with a new technology. State 3 points to new directions and uses for technology that grow out of the technology itself. State 3 points to new directions and uses for technology that grow out of the technology itself.

7. 7Dr. Ronald J. Anderson, Texas A&M International University N-Gener’s Changing Expectations From linear to hypermedia learning. From linear to hypermedia learning. From instruction to construction and discovery. From instruction to construction and discovery. From teacher-centered to learner- centered. From teacher-centered to learner- centered. From absorbing material to learning how to navigate and how to learn. From absorbing material to learning how to navigate and how to learn. From school to lifelong learning. From school to lifelong learning.

8. 8Dr. Ronald J. Anderson, Texas A&M International University N-Gener’s Changing Expectations (cont.) From one-size-fits-all to customized learning. From one-size-fits-all to customized learning. From learning as torture to learning as fun. From learning as torture to learning as fun. From teacher as transmitter to teacher as facilitator. From teacher as transmitter to teacher as facilitator.

9. 9Dr. Ronald J. Anderson, Texas A&M International University Questions 1.What will be the role of the teacher in the classroom in 20 years? 2.Will we need fewer high school teachers in 20 years? 3.Will we need fewer first grade teachers in 20 years? 4.Can budgets keep up with the demands of technology?