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Instructional Technology

This essay is about instructional technology in the educational field. hopefully this essay would be able to shed some light for those who are researching in the educational fields.

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Introduction: It is believed that if a country is to fulfill its vision and dreams, its society has to be sufficiently "informed" as information is an essential resource in the 21st century. "Informed" society can be progressively achieved by equipping the young generation in schools with knowledge and skills so as to prepare them for the challenges in the future world. The Malaysia's National Philosophy of Education makes this clear by outlining that education in Malaysia is aimed at producing citizens who are knowledgeable and competent (Wan Mohamed Zahid, 1994). Consequently, this philosophy can greatly assist in the country's effort to meet the challenge of Malaysia's Vision 2020 that aims to produce technologically literate workforce that is capable to participate actively in a global, IT-intensive work environment (Mahathir, 1991). Various initiatives have been adopted by the government so as to advocate the greater employment and dispersion of Information and Communications Technology (1CT) in order to improve capacities in every field of business, industry, education and life in general. ICT is defined as a system that enables the compilation, management, manipulation, acquisition and communication of information in diverse forms (Ministry of Education, 2002). One of the most ambitious ...





... Bibliographies: Bates, A.W. 2000. Managing Technological Change: Strategies for University and College Leaders. San Francisco: Jossey Bass. Brown, J.S. and P. Duguid. 2000. The Social Life of Information. Boston MA: Harvard Business School Press. Carlson, S. and C. T. Gadio. 2002. “Teacher Professional Development in the Use of Technology” in Haddad, W. and A. Drexler (eds). Technologies for Education: Potentials, Parameters, and Prospects. Washington DC: Academy for Educational Development and Paris: UNESCO. Cuban, L. 2002. Oversold and Underused: Computers in the Classroom. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press. Daniel, J. 1996. Mega Universities and Knowledge Media:Technology Strategies for Higher Education. London: Kogan Page. Haddad, W. 1994. The Dynamics of Education Policymaking: Case Studies of Burkina Faso, Jordan, Peru, and Thailand. EDI Development Policy Case Series, Analytical Case Studies No. 10. Washington DC: The World Bank. Steffe, L. P. and J. Gale.1995. Constructivism in Education. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. Rusten, E. and H. Hudson. 2002. “Infrastructure: Hardware, Networking, Software, and Connectivity” in Haddad, W. and A. Drexler (eds). Technologies for Education: Potentials, Parameters, and Prospects. Washington DC: Academy for Educational Development and Paris: UNESCO.
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