Title:	SHAKING THE "FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY"
Author(s):	Suzanne de Castell and Jennifer Jenson
ISBN:	978-989-8704-52-8
Editors:	Demetrios G. Sampson, Dirk Ifenthaler and Pedro Isaías
Year:	2023
Edition:	Single
Keywords:	Educational Technology, Education, Technology, Foundations, Higher Education, Learning
Type:	Short
First Page:	393
Last Page:	396
Language:	English
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Paper Abstract:	Educational technology programs often introduce students to the field through a "foundations" course. Overviewing foundational educational technology courses at a sample of North American post-secondary educational technology programs, this exploratory paper builds an argument for change, identifying themes, approaches, as well as media and technology uses, out of touch with the conditions that are impacting—and with some urgency-- education and technology. From global climate crisis, through a pandemic, to culture wars and imperialist invasions, with 'surgical' AI-enabled drone strikes on human targets on one side of the planet while on the other, fragile human bodies are pitted against one another in combat on the ground, urgent problems and challenges are profoundly shaking the foundations of education and for the technologies used in its advancement. An example is shared in closing to illustrate how a 'new foundations' approach can illuminate possible pathways and forge new directions for the field under changed and changing conditions, that can provide students and researchers understanding of where and upon what educational technology stands—and its next steps.
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