Effective Teaching with Technology in Higher Education (ETHE) is one of two books I currently use in the Technology & Instruction course I teach (Jefferson College of Health Professions, General Studies). Besides providing a historical perspective on how different technologies have succeeded or failed (and possibly why) it presents what skills are needed to select and use educational technology resources effectively and what support staff instructors might look for on campus. Potential readers are faculty looking for how they might find and use technology to support learning in their courses, instructional developers without formal instructional design training, and university administrators interested in how to build a support structure for faculty use of educational technologies. ETHE is divided into three sections discussed further below.

Fundamentals of Educational Technology is the first section and begins with a short history of technologies used in education. It identifies a number of familiar technologies that did well and some that didn't live up to expectations. This section also includes a summary of a number of educational theories and the impact they've had on the way educators teach. It touches briefly on educational psychology and how learner's needs have changed since the industrial revolution - the period from which most of our formalized educational practice is based upon. A nice component for new designers is the introduction to current learning models based on systems design and constructivism. The Fundamentals section concludes by presenting a framework for selecting appropriate technologies for different educational goals.

The second and largest section is: Course Design, Development, and Delivery. Appropriately, the course design segment begins by helping the instructor consider the ways they can incorporate technology throughout a course. One of things I like about the ETHE text is that it doesn't presume the end goal of all instruction is a computer-based educational program. It has suggestions for how traditional classroom instruction can benefit from the use of educational technologies, both in delivery, and in student support activities. Faculty can benefit from the suggestions and structured design approach whether they are developing a single live lecture, a computer-based learning module, a traditional course or a distance learning course.

Change & Stability in Teaching Technology is the final section. Here the authors acknowledge that technology is constantly changing and faculty need to revisit their course or program designs frequently to ensure they're still meeting their goals. It provides some insight on how faculty might structure their instructional elements to help ensure they'll be reusable with future technologies.

Effective Teaching with Technology in Higher Education is available from Scott Memorial Library and the Jefferson Medical and Health Science Bookstore.

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