ED398861 IR018038
Title: Trends in Educational Technology 1995. ERIC Digest.
Author(s): Plotnick, Eric
Author Affiliation: ERIC Clearinghouse on Information and Technology,
Syracuse, NY.(BBB30993)
Pages: 4
Publication Date: 1996
Notes: This Digest is based on "Trends in Educational Technology
1995," by Donald P. Ely; see ED 396 717.
Sponsoring Agency: Office of Educational Research and Improvement
(ED), Washington, DC. (EDD00036)
Contract No: RR93002009
Available from: EDRS Price MF01/PC01 Plus Postage.
Availability: ERIC Clearinghouse on Information and Technology, 4-194
Center for Science and Technology, Syracuse University, Syracuse,
NY 13244-4100 (free while supply lasts; please include self-addressed
stamped envelope).
Language: English
Document Type: ERIC product (071); ERIC digests in full text (073);
Reports--Research (143)
Geographic Source: U.S.; New York
Journal Announcement: RIEJAN1997
A content analysis was performed to determine the trends in the
field of educational technology for the period October 1, 1994 through
September 30, 1995. Sources for the analysis included five leading
professional journals in educational technology, papers given at
annual conventions of three professional associations, dissertations
from five universities that have a high level of doctoral productivity,
and the educational technology documents that have been entered
into the ERIC database. The analysis was complemented by the examination
of supplementary documents to confirm the trends indicated in the
content analysis. This Digest highlights the trends identified in
the study. Trends reveal that: (1) computers are pervasive in schools
and higher education institutions--virtually every student in a
formal education setting has access to a computer; (2) networking
is one of the fastest growing applications of technology in education;
(3) access to television resources in the school is almost universal;
(4) advocacy for the use of educational technology has increased
among policy groups; (5) educational technology is increasingly
available in homes and community settings; (6) new delivery systems
for educational technology applications have grown in geometric
proportions; (7) there is a new insistence that teachers must become
technologically literate; and (8) educational technology is perceived
as a major vehicle in the movement toward education reform. (Contains
11 references.) (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction; Computer Literacy;
Computer Networks; Computer Uses in Education; Conference Papers;
Content Analysis; Doctoral Dissertations; *Educational Research;
*Educational Technology; Educational Television; *Educational Trends;
Elementary Secondary Education; Higher Education; Instructional
Development; Professional Development; Technological Literacy; Trend
Analysis
Identifiers: ERIC; ERIC Digests; Professional Journal
