"Megatrends" in Educational Technology.

Spitzer, Dean R.

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ERIC Number: EJ361304

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1987

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"Megatrends" in Educational Technology.

Spitzer, Dean R.

Educational Technology, v27 n9 p44-47 Sep 1987

Presents six trends and challenges facing educational technology: (1) increasing differentiation between education and training; (2) private sector (industrial) developments; (3) increasing politicization in education; (4) rapid growth in continuing professional education; (5) informal education replacing formal education; and (6) hardware developing more rapidly than software. (LRW)

Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Computer Software, Educational Technology, Educational Trends, Futures (of Society), Industrial Training, Informal Education, Politics of Education, Professional Continuing Education, Skill Development

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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