Running Head: FUTURE OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

Essay Proposal DRAFT: What Does the Future Hold for Educational Technology? Doug Smith ETEC511

FUTURE OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY 1. Topic: What does the future hold for Educational Technology?

2. Theme and Argument: a) thesis: Applied Educational Technology will be the future of education. The ecology analogy as model doesnt tell us the future. But historical and global ecological trends tell us tech is expanding. With copyright pressures not expected to ease, along with economic shifts, will ensure the expansion of educational technologies. b) background: a synthesis of foundational ideas in the history, ethics, economics and ecology of ET leads to a futuristic viewpoint on where ET is heading 3. Primary and Secondary sources for insight into the topic a) Issues to be addressed The effect of IP and copyright on educational materials the nature of the internet and what it means to ET the growth of the internet the spreading of computer technology and the culture that is growing with it economics involved (havent studied/learned this yet) b) Literature to be Consulted Primary Sources: (Kim, 2006; McLuhan, 2001; Solum, 2005; Zhao & Frank, 2003) Secondary Sources: (Frielick, 2004; Garrison & Anderson, 2003; Zhao, 2007) Data trends on computer use (Zhao, 2007) and other data sources I hope 4. Provisional conclusions drawn from the argument & issues or data The very nature of the internet dictates that it will dominate the dissemination of information The stakeholders in private enterprise in education will lose their grip as copyrights and IP are challenged by the availability of free or open source materials Computer growth is growing, perhaps exponentially when mobile devices are considered There is no foreseeable opposition/competition to internet/computer growth 5. Structure / sections of the paper Introduction Historical Context Democratization of Education (removal of corporate control) IT Growth Obstacles Conclusion

FUTURE OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

References Frielick, S. (2004). Beyond constructivism: An ecological approach to e-learning. Proceedings of the 21st ASCILITE Conference. Garrison, D. R., & Anderson, T. (2003). E-learning in the 21st century: a framework for research and practice. Routledge. Kim, S. (2006). Capitorgs and free/libre and open source software (FLOSS): Toward critical technological literacy and free/libre and open source society (FLOSS). Educational Insights, 10(2), 6-16. McLuhan, M. (2001). The Medium is the Message. Media and cultural studies: keyworks (pp. 107-116). Wiley-Blackwell. Retrieved from http://books.google.ca/books?hl=en&lr=&id=umYwLkFOR0IC&oi=fnd&pg=PA107&dq =mcluhan+the+medium+is+the+message&ots=zvyi0NVrgy&sig=RWGxrGceJXbH3Z1 GgLtRtac1y7g#v=onepage&q=mcluhan%20the%20medium%20is%20the%20message& f=false) Solum, L. B. (2005). The Future of Copyright. Texas Law Review, 83(4), 1137-1172. Zhao, Y. (2007). Digital Citizenship in a Global Economy: The Internet Revolution and Its Implications for Education. Boston, MA. Retrieved from http://novemberlearning.com/dr-yong-zhao-blc07-keynote/%20 Zhao, Y., & Frank, K. A. (2003). Factors Affecting Technology Uses in Schools: An Ecological Perspective. American Educational Research Journal, 40(4), 807-840. doi:10.3102/00028312040004807