Instructional design defined

The campus librarian mission in Dallas ISD is to ensure that all individuals are effective users of diverse ideas and information sources and to ensure that all individuals become lifelong learners in a rapidly changing technology-based and knowledge-rich world. As part of their standard of service librarians must seek knowledge of technological changes and integrate them effectively into the framework of the curriculum.

With this mission in mind my definition of educational/instructional technology would be the implementation and integration of technology in a manner that supports the student’s learning process. The delivery of the curriculum can be enhanced through the implementation of educational technology in a variety of ways such as the utilization of a whiteboard, mobi, mimio or turning point. These are all technological tools that expand the student learning process through prior planning and with an end result in mind.