Educational Technology Competencies

• Apply rules and principles of learning to designing, developing, and implementing instructional materials and programs including computer, multimedia, hypermedia, and Web applications.
  
  
• Identify sources of information about instructional technology.
  
  
• Describe trends in and future impacts of educational technology.
  
  
• Integrate technology into the curriculum.
  
  
• Design, develop, and evaluate a unit of instruction (e.g., minicourse, module, learning activity package, computer program, or Web site) using a systematic approach.
  
  
• Develop and conduct a needs assessment including selection of procedures/instruments and interpretation of results to suggest appropriate actions.
  
  
• Prepare clear statements of objectives in performance terms.
  
  
• Analyze the characteristics of an instructional setting, determine relevant resources and constraints, and evaluate the potential contributions to effective instruction.
  
  
• Analyze learner characteristics in terms of entry skills, prerequisites, aptitude, motivation, knowledge of content, and general characteristics.
  
  
• Describe various instructional strategies (approaches, techniques, and methods) used in education and training.
  
  
• Prepare specifications for the modification of existing materials.
  
  
• Specify, select, and sequence learner/trainee outcomes, instructional strategies, learning activities, and learning resources.
  
  
• Plan and conduct a formative evaluation (e.g., trials with learners, expert review, and analysis of implementation, observations).
  
  
• Plan and conduct a summative evaluation of learners, instructional materials, and the teaching/learning situation.
  
  
• Manage instructional research and development projects, assigning and monitoring task responsibility and authority given to others.
  
  
• Develop a range of information-gathering techniques (e.g., questionnaires, interviews, tests, simulations, observations).
  
  
• Apply the computer in problem-solving situations.
  
  
• Evaluate, select, and utilize computer software and hardware.
  
  
• Design, develop, and manage instructional computing facilities.