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The technology/inquiry typology: defining Instructional Technology.

Journal of Interactive Learning Research

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Instructional Technology is an ill-defined field of study. This paper proposes a definition of Instructional Technology that embraces the artifactual nature of technology and its application in the work of instruction. Technology, in all its forms, is a means for accomplishing work. Instruction is a multifaceted process that involves a variety of types of work; each requiring qualitatively different types of tools and instruments. The selection, construction, and application of those tools is the unique domain of the field of Instructional Technology. It will be argued that inquiry, seen from a Deweyan perspective, is an activity that isn't entirely cerebral and requires ...

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