If Technology is the Answer, What's the Question? Research to Help Make the Case for Why We Use Technology in Teaching

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Roblyer, M.D. (2004). If Technology is the Answer, What's the Question? Research to Help Make the Case for Why We Use Technology in Teaching. In R. Ferdig et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (pp. 27-38). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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Conference Information

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2004
Atlanta, GA, USA
2004
ISBN 1-880094-52-5
  Richard Ferdig, Caroline Crawford, Roger Carlsen, Niki Davis, Jerry Price, Roberta Weber & Dee Anna Willis
AACE

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M.D. Roblyer, University of Maryland University College, USA

Abstract

Over the last two decades, a diverse collection of critics has been building an ever-stronger case for reducing or eliminating the use of technology in teaching. At the same time, technology's advocates have been at a loss to stem the anti-technology tide with research that could help make a strong case for its pedagogical benefits. The current climate for scientific evidence and accountability reflected in the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 presents educational technology proponents with both a demand and an opportunity. Future funding and support for technology-based teaching hinges on our ability to create and carry out a focused, pragmatic research agenda that will both counter past criticisms of methods and findings and help answer the question that should drive practice: "What are technology's essential contributions to teaching and learning?"

Keywords

• Research Methods
• Educational Technology
• Teaching Methods

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