For all of my tangents, there was a focus this week on pedagogical differences between different types of media. As we move toward methods to choose technologies for teaching and training, our first stop was considering technology from the perspective of media. Media becomes the conduit for communication, where technology is the system used to transfer it. That being said, different media have different dimensions that allow us to compare them based on their affordances. Considering the context and the content to be communicated, what is the best media used to deliver the message that allows the receiver to decode it in a meaningful way? Keeping in mind the media used to send the communication will determine how the message is received. As I type that, I find myself thinking about Marshall McLuhan’s “The medium is the message”. Over fifty years, and the concept is still relevant today. The specific media has evolved, but key dimensions remain the same. Bates (2015, p. 209-221) describes each on a continuum. In the context of education, the pedagogy determines the communication and the receivers of communication are the learners. Dynamic in their own right, each learner will perceive the message with different levels of understanding. Their outcomes become the first consideration as we move toward discovering methods for choosing media.
Module 1: Analyzing Current Trends in Educational Technology
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