Educational technology as a key to educational innovation: |
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| Authors: | Ludwig J Issing MA in psychology from the University of Rochester NY Ph D from the University of Wuerzburg Germany Professor of educational psychology and media psychology Managing Director of the Center for Media Research at the Freie Universitat Associate Researcher of Freie Universitat Berlin Heike Schaumburg MA in psychology MS in Instructional Technology |
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| Institution: | (1) F. of Education, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, 3168, Australia |
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| Abstract: | Instructional technology, especially the use of computers and the Internet has been lagging behind in the German educational system in comparison to other European countries. When this lack was realized in the second half of the 1990s it had quite a “shock-effect” but one of the healthy kind: Since then numerous public and private initiatives have been started to advance the use of technology in schools, higher education, and in vocational training. At the college and university level, there is a trend towards connecting online and offline courses. Also, it was understood that it is not enough to just provide schools and universities with the technology needed but that the introduction of technology has to be accompanied by profound systemic and structural changes. Thus, there is great hope that the use of technology in education will fuel educational innovations at all levels needed for educating and training pupils and students to act as responsible and media-literate citizens in a modern world. |
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