Educational Technology Two

Abstract

The first part of our consideration of educational Technology rightly dealt with programmed instruction. Lessons learnt from our investigation of that topic apply equally to the matter of educational technology generally. The medium is still not the message, nor vice‐versa. Indeed, having talked to all the current leaders in this field, one message comes over most clearly. All educational hardware should be treated with suspicion until it is clear what the teacher's or lecturer's objectives are. Within that structure, anything goes. Indeed, we have been told on good authority that domestic equipment (e.g. cameras, tape‐recorders, etc.) is what is needed for local needs. It is truly curious that, while the middle‐class house may have up to £500 worth of such equipment available, the primary or secondary school may possess less than a tenth of this in monetary value.

Citation

(1968), "Educational Technology Two", Education + Training, Vol. 10 No. 12, pp. 481-481. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb016053