Tuesday, August 04, 2009

Enduring Understanding for Ed Tech Class v.1

My task today is to develop the first draft of the Enduring Understandings (EU) for my Ed Tech class. EU are hard. They really do inform the design of the class, and it often takes a bit of work to coax them from the subconscious to written text. I was aided in this process by an excellent paper from Educause: Learn and Technology - "In That Order" by Malcolm Brown. In fact, my first enduring understanding comes from the title of the paper. Here are my draft EU. They seem a bit redundant to me, but they'll do for now.

1.Learning comes first, then technology.
2. The technology supports the learning and student interaction.
3. Teachers and students are partners in utilizing technology to enhance learning.

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