Definition of Ed Tech

Ed Tech: field where instructional design and development is used to create instructional/educational resources.

Do you agree or disagree with Reiser's emphasis on instructional design?

※ I agree with Reiser’s emphasis on ID. I believe ID has worked in certain instances of the training and development in the corporate world, but has unfortunately not been so successful in academia as Resier mentions.

Would you like to expand on his ideas?

※ Yes, I have had experiences and have known others who have experienced the downfall of no incorporating ID in academia and of putting people in positions where they don’t need to be. I have seen too often where individuals have been put in positions were they are managing IDs but have no experience with ID and have not been trained/educated on the practices of ID. This can also be the case for professors that are subject matter experts. They may know the subject matter well, but may not understand thing about ID. The result from both instances is ineffective, inefficient training material, that can cause major performance issues.


Are there other conclusions we might make about what we have learned over the past 50 years (you may use your own experiences as well)?

※ My conclusions are that ID needs to somehow, someway be taken seriously. In my opinion ID has not made a break through.

How would you change your first definition after reading the articles?

※ I would add that a person who practiced educational technology would be the subject matter expert in the field.