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The Impact of Technology on
Education
Mohamed Ally
Athabasca University
If we value independence, if we are disturbed by the growing conformity of knowledge, of
values, of attitudes, which our present system induces, then we may wish to set up conditions
of learning which make for uniqueness, for self-direction, and for self-initiated
learning. – Carl Rogers
Impact of technology on education
History of instructional technology
Emerging technologies in
e-learning
Face-to-face
Print-based E-learning Mobile learning
Same place
Anyplace
Same time
Anytime
Behaviourist
Cognitivist
Constructivist
Individual
develop
Team
approach
Design for
group
Design for
individual
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