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 * ** Definition Concept ** || ** Learning Community Expert ** || ** Definition ** ||
 * Facilitating Learning, Chapter 2 || Melinda Duckett (skype. melinda.duckett) || Facilitating learning is a process that involves the learner and makes the him/her responsible for his/her own learning. The learning environment is centered around a problem that the learner feels needs to be solved using the materials that he/she deems necessary in order to solve the problem at hand. Educational technololgy plays an important role in this definition as it "is a field involved in the facilitation of human learning..." (Ely, 1972 p. 36)

References:

Ely, D.P. (1972). //The field of educational technology: A statement of definition. Audiovisual Instruction//, 17(8), 36–43.

Januszewski, A., & Molenda, M. (Eds.). (2008). //Educational technology: A definition with commentary.// New York, NY: Routledge. || References: Januszewski, A., & Molenda, M. (Eds.). (2008). Educational technology: A definition with commentary. New York, NY: Routledge.
 * Improving Performance, Chapter 3 || Melinda Duckett || Improving one's performance indicates that it is to be better than the previous outcome. Improving means that you are working on doing better than you did before, which is what many educators strive towards each year with a new set of students. Improving someone's performance means that you aim to increase or change their productivity. Molenda and Pershing (2008) state that Educational technology offers experiences that lead to a deeper understanding" which in turn will lead to improving one's performance.

Molenda, M., & Pershing, J. A. (2008). Improving performance. In A. Januszewski, & M. Molenda (Eds.), Educational Technology: A Definition with Commentary (pp. 49-80). New York & London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. ||
 * Creating, Chapter 4 || Kiana Thompson (skype:Kiana Thompson) || The process of making the tools necessary for educational technology which includes the design, development, evaluation, and production of the technology. The creation of technology has evolved over the years from one media to another.

References: Januszewski, A., & Molenda, M. (Eds.). (2008). //Educational technology: A definition with commentary.// New York, NY: Routledge. ||
 * Using, Chapter 5 || Kiana Thompson || Usage is the primary goal for the creation of educational technology. It is not enough to simply study and create. The entire process comes full circle when the learner actually uses the technology to benefit from all of the design and analysis that went into the creation. The process of using begins with the selection of the most appropriate resources for the learner.

References: Januszewski, A., & Molenda, M. (Eds.). (2008). //Educational technology: A definition with commentary.// New York, NY: Routledge. || (skype: eharriscoach) || "Managing is effectively orchestrating people, processes, physical infrastructure, and financial resources to achieve predetermined goals" (Januszewski, 2008). The key to this definition is the idea that the manager will lead while maintaining control by setting the direction for an organization. The concepts of managing and leading involve planning, monitoring, controlling, setting direction, aligning, and motivating. References: Januszewski, A., & Molenda, M. (Eds.). (2008). //Educational technology: A definition with commentary.// New York, NY: Routledge. || (skype: eharriscoach) || Januszewski and Molenda talk a good deal about ethics but they don't fully define the concepts involved. Instead they talk about different categories of ethics that are meaningful to educators. Protecting children, Digital security, Research, and Technology are the focal points of the AECT ethical //Code//. Each of these points are vital to the successful management of an instructional technology program.
 * Managing, Chapter 6 || Thomas Eric Harris
 * Ethical Considerations, Chapter 11 || Eric Harris

References: Januszewski, A., & Molenda, M. (Eds.). (2008). //Educational technology: A definition with commentary.// New York, NY: Routledge. || skype:JGSG420 and All members of the community || A process is by everyday terms the journey to a destination. This journey may include different routes and planning, however the result is where we complete the learning or decide on another journey to take. Each step along the way helps us to decide on the importance of the journey and what additional steps need to be taken to get the desired destination, the result. Januszewski and Molenda bring this idea together in one simple statement, “Process is denoted here as a series of actions, procedures, or functions leading to either a result or another process.” (p. 197)
 * Processes, Chapter 7 || S. Gudjonis

References: Januszewski, A., & Molenda, M. (Eds.). (2008). //Educational technology: A definition with commentary.// New York, NY: Routledge. ||
 * Resources, Chapter 8 || S. Gudjonis and All members of the community || ======“The term resources is understood to include the tools, materials, devices, settings, and people that learners interact with to facilitate learning and improve performance.”(Januszewski & Molenda, 2008, p. 213). Tools are used to create, the hardware and software. This information should be reviewed for suitability and compatibility with students. Materials are how to manipulate information via web streaming, video cassette, or DVD and thus devices are how to access the information by VCR, DVD player, or computer. Settings can be either internal (a classroom or lecture hall) or external (museums, zoos, etc) and serve as a place for learning to occur. People are those that have expertise in a particular area when as an educator feel that the current information needs to be supplemented. All of the above mentioned fuse together to make resources a valuable aspect of educational technology. ======

References: Januszewski, A., & Molenda, M. (Eds.). (2008). //Educational technology: A definition with commentary.// New York, NY: Routledge. ||