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Technology Infrastructure
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The technology infrastructure involves the many broad uses of technology for more effective, efficient, and expeditious learning and management of learning. Learning technologies need to be used effectively to enable learners to better understand the very important but often abstract concepts they are expected to learn. Learning technologies are still too expensive to use for all aspects of learning. So the important question when it comes to learning technologies is “What can this technology do for learning that is impossible or difficult do with less technology?” New and emerging technologies should be employed to manage the complex and dynamic school/community. Data mining, as now used in medicine, can provide new insights into not only defining the problem, but also help us diagnose the symptoms of problems. For example, in the educational arena we could use the technology infrastructure to manage student portfolios, obtain feedback and comparisons of the various systemic elements, communicate with parents and other members of the community, survey local businesses regarding their needs, tape into the changes in college/university requirements, and a whole host of other issues can be done more effectively and expeditiously with new and emerging technologies. A rubric should be developed around the operational definition of “Science as Inquiry” that can generate objective suggestions for guidelines, policies, regulations, and budgets for effectively implementing an appropriate and broad-based technology infrastructure. Back to Top
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