Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching
Information-Processing Theory: Atkinson and Shiffrin
Behaviorist theory: B.F Skinner
Learning shown by change in behaviors
Behaviors shaped by contingencies of reinforcement
Learning is encoding information in memory
3 Memory stores: Sensory registers, short- and long-term
Cognitive-Behavioral Theory: Robert Gagné
Learning shaped by optimal conditions
Different skills > different conditions
Systems Theory and Systematic Instructional Design
Directed Integration
Transmit information to students through teacher-organized activities.
Constructivist integration
Inquiry-based learning – Learners generate own knowledge through experiences
John Dewey: Social activism theory
Albert Bandura: Social cognitive theory
Learning results from behaviors, environment, and personal factors
Self-efficacy needed
Students learn by own actions or models
Curriculum arises from student interests
Learning should be hands‑on and experience based
Education is growth, rather than goals
Learning is fostered by systems of instruction based on behavioral information processing
An instructional system is designed by stating goals and objectives. Doing a task analysis to set a learning sequence...
Lev Vygotsky: Scaffolding Theory
Learning is cognitive development shaped by experience, culture
Adults help children bridge Zone of Proximal Development through scaffolding
Jean Piaget: Child Development Theory
Learning requires cognitive growth, maturation
Children go through stages of cognitive development
Jerome Bruner: Discovery Learning
Learning is cognitive growth through interaction with the environment
Children remember better with discovery learning
Howard Gardner: Multiple Intelligence Theory
Learning shaped by nine types of innate intelligences