Pe1- HW3

HW3: What is Instructional Technology? (IT)
Due date: March 13, 2009

Instructional Technology is the theory and practice of design, development, utilization, management and evaluation of processes and resources for learning. (Seels & Richey)

Instructional Design seeks to teach how to plan, develop, evaluate and manage the instructional process effectively to ensure improved performance by learners.

IT and Learning Theories

Although instructional technology remains linked in many people’s minds to its behavioral roots, it is safe to say that the great majority of instructional technologists today accept the cognitive view, and the constructivist perspective where much of the current research and development of the field is taking place. Although the application of the constructivist perspective to the practice of designing, implementing, and evaluating instruction is not always clear, there seems to be a shift today from a more teacher-centered perspective to a more learner-centered perspective.