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Assessing technologies for teaching and learning: understanding the importance of technological pedagogical content knowledge
Author(s) -
Ferdig Richard E.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
british journal of educational technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.79
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1467-8535
pISSN - 0007-1013
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2006.00559.x
Subject(s) - process (computing) , educational technology , knowledge management , computer science , emerging technologies , information technology , engineering ethics , pedagogy , sociology , engineering , artificial intelligence , operating system
Past and present research has provided evidence to support the claim that technologies for teaching and learning must be pedagogically sound. However, educational technologies are also part of a complex process involving the people in the implementation of the innovation. In this paper, I review existing research and explain what both of those claims entail for educational technology. In the remainder of the paper, I discuss the research agenda related to the need to provide evidence that technology innovations are successful in the implementation process. Implications of this three‐part model as well as a discussion of the importance of technological pedagogical content knowledge conclude the paper.