This web-based portfolio serves to document my journey of learning throughout the course of my graduate work in educational technology. It houses current research and confronts academic queries to inform my thesis on creating a technological acquisition protocol in education. The portfolio also provides a platform to open a professional dialogue with its core audience of instructors, administrators, and colleagues.
As a multimedia documentation hub, the portfolio allows for documentation of current and emerging technologies. By accumulating relevant audio and visual material, it stimulates comparisons of technological advances and regressions. Here we can critically engage with different design considerations sourced from a variety of fields.
The portfolio organizes my thesis research by documenting current factors in educational technology development and distribution. The intersection between what designers promise and the perceived benefits to the user will be explored. The criteria school boards currently use to determine the timing of when to invest in a technology during its product life cycle is of particular interest.
This documentation tool invites its audience to engage in a forum aimed at critiquing current technological designs, implications for learning, and future applications. In this way, it is a living, interactive tool designed to spawn new questions and inquiries. The portfolio is a culmination of current research in educational technology coupled with an opportunity to engage in an ongoing professional dialogue.
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