The Changing Face of Educational Technology: New Media, Knowledge Practices, and Multiliteracies

Abstract

This chapter aims to provide an introduction to the present edited volume. Saettler (2004) argues that educational technology is essentially the product of a great historical stream consisting of trial and error, long practice and imitation, and sporadic manifestations of unusual individual creativity and persuasion. A trace of the definitions of educational technology showed that researchers have strived to propose different frameworks to be flexible enough to embrace new development of technology and educational practices. This edited volume is an attempt to depict the changing face of educational technology focusing on the development of new media, knowledge practices, and multiliteracies. PU - SPRINGER PI - NEW YORK PA - 233 SPRING STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10013, UNITED STATES