School & Colleges - Instructional Technology

Instructional technology is a growing field of study which uses technology as a means to solve educational challenges, both in the classroom and in distance learning environments. The focus of our Instructional technology is not technology as an end in itself, but technology's integration with learning and teaching, and provides a collaborative environment of working partnerships within department. The graduate curriculum in Instructional Technology provides its students with exposure to a wide range of emerging technologies, while ensuring the basic competencies required of all practitioners. Master's and doctoral graduates of the program have found career opportunities as instructional designers, interactive developers, information architects, training and technology coordinators, and change/process management specialists in business, industry, education, and government.

Future Possibilities - Education Technology:

Laptop and PDAs

Individuals in the business world have been utilizing the power of the laptop and hand held for years now. The educational community has just started to utilize these tools in their schools. Many teachers have begun to use laptops and hand held s to create lesson and assess student achievement. Students with exceptionalities are also utilizing laptops and hand held s to assist them in their studies.

The future could have every student and staff carrying a laptop or hand held throughout the day. This phenomenon is already occurring in most post secondary institutions and as the cost of these technologies go down the more likely it is that every student will soon be booting up at the beginning of each instructional day.

Online textbooks

The financial burden the cost of textbooks put on the education system is staggering. New textbooks are purchase every couple of year only to be replaced a few year later with the new cutting edge book that is not much different from the previous. Many companies are beginning to create CD-ROM and on line versions of their books.