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Capstone Project (EDUC - 7900 - 1)

By:

Ahmetrie Wise Brigit McAroy Jan Lopez VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

Module 1


 * **Definition Concept** || **Learning Community Expert** ||= **Definition** ||
 * **Facilitating Learning, Chapter 2** || **Brigit** || //Facilitating Learning// incorporates the notion that “learning is controlled and owned by students” (Januszewski & Molenda). It is when one creates an environment that is appealing to the learner’s culture, style of learning, and promotes active learning through engaging tools. Educators also provide learners with effective interventions and guidance which secures a sense of ownership within the learning environment.
 * **Facilitating Learning, Chapter 2** || **Brigit** || //Facilitating Learning// incorporates the notion that “learning is controlled and owned by students” (Januszewski & Molenda). It is when one creates an environment that is appealing to the learner’s culture, style of learning, and promotes active learning through engaging tools. Educators also provide learners with effective interventions and guidance which secures a sense of ownership within the learning environment.

Reference: Januszewski, A., & Molenda, M. (Eds.). (2008). Educational technology: A definition with commentary. New York, NY: Routledge. ||
 * **Improving Performance, Chapter 3** || **Brigit** || //Improving Performance// represents the “educational technology claims to improve the performance of individual learners, of teachers and designers, and of organizations” (Januszewski & Molenda). Educators provide specific goals and outcomes, engaging technologies, and valuable learning experiences to create educational challenges to improve performance.

Reference: Januszewski, A., & Molenda, M. (Eds.). (2008). Educational technology: A definition with commentary. New York, NY: Routledge. ||
 * **Creating, Chapter 4** || Jan || ===Within the context of educational technology, creation is utilizing a multitude and variety of design approaches and ideologies to construct effective and appropriate instructional content, environments and systems that meets the diverse needs of the students they are designer for. Over time "creation" has evolved with the changing of technologies. Currently in educational technology there is a shift towards the learner being more in control of the pace and type of instruction.===

Januszewski, A., & Molenda, M. (Eds.). (2008). Educational technology: A definition with commentary. New York, NY: Routledge.
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 * **Using, Chapter 5** || Jan || ===While creation is important in educational technology, using what is created is just as, if not more important. Using educational technology means putting that technology into the hands of the learners. Making it an effective and integral part of learning which encompasses the actual utilization of the technological materials, diverse teaching approaches which are identified through an analysis of learning goals, learner needs, available resources and setting.===

Januszewski, A., & Molenda, M. (Eds.). (2008). Educational technology: A definition with commentary. New York, NY: Routledge.
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 * **Managing, Chapter 6** || Ahmetrie || ====Management is constructing and reducing the tasks in a project while planning a schedule, suggesting learning resources, and method of project presentation. This process provides motivation, support, and leadership to give effective service, as the program becomes successful and changes occur from evaluations.====

Januszewski, A., & Molenda, M. (Eds.). (2008). //Educational technology: a definition with commentary.// New York, NY: Routledge.
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 * **Ethical Considerations, Chapter 11** || Ahmetrie || ====Education technology impacts learners and educators in many ways. All users has the ability to access it publically or privately. Educators (workers) and students (learners) are expected to use it professionally. Educational technology ensures change when used positively.====

Januszewski, A., & Molenda, M. (Eds.). (2008). //Educational technology: a definition with commentary//. New York, NY: Routledge.
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 * **Processes, Chapter 7** || **All members of the community** || ====**Jan - Processes are the individual steps and procedures that are completed in order to attain a specific goal or result. When determining processes, it is important to have clear goals and objectives. Once the goals/objectives are determined, the technology that is utilized to meet those goals encompasses the processes. “Process is denoted here as a series of actions, procedures, or functions leading to either a result or another process.” (Januszewski, & Molenda, 2008)**====

====//Brigit-Processes// usually yield products or another process that are naturally occurring, and need to be capable of responding to the emerging technology. These steps can be tangible or intangible which help promote students learning.====

**Ahmetrie's response** - Processes are the steps of a task to reach completion. The following are processes of educational technology:

 * ====Designing a presentation/project====
 * ====Steps of setting up a lesson plan====

Januszewski, A., & Molenda, M. (Eds.). (2008). //Educational technology: A definition with commentary//. New York, NY: Routledge.
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 * **Resources, Chapter 8** || **All members of the community** || ===Jan - According to Januszewski & Molenda (2008, p. 213), educational technology resources encompass the tools, materials, devices, settings and people that learners must interact with in order to reach the goals and objectives and facilitate learning.===

**Ahmetrie's response**- Educational technology resources are references for learning success. They enable interaction of student learning and increase performance.
Brigit-Educational technology resources are the tools and equipment that provide students with the essentials for future technology and to advance their minds continuously in a competitive world.

Januszewski, A., & Molenda, M. (Eds.). (2008). //Educational technology: A definition with commentary.// New York, NY: Routledge.
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