Educational Technology Study Guide

What is information literacy?

• the ability to gather information from multiple sources, select relevant material, and organize it into a form that will allow the user to make decisions or take specific actions.

   

• when you are learning how to apply teaching principles, knowledge, and ideas to authentic and practical classroom lessons and project that can benefit your students.

   

• the ability to use the computer, mobile devices, digital media, and other technologies combined with a variety of teaching and learning strategies to enhance students’ learning.

• technologies that allow users to create new forms of interaction, expression, communication, and entertainment in a digital form.

   

The ARCS Motivational Model was created by which theorist?

• George Siemens

• John M. Keller

• Stephen Downes

• Benjamin Bloom

Which stage of the ARCS Motivational Model states that when students feel that learning is relevant or important to their lives, they will become motivated to learn?

• attention

• satisfaction/success

• challenge/confidence

• relevance

A digital representation of nontext information such as a drawing, chart, or photograph is called what?

• an email

• a Webmaster

• a graphic

• a network

What does digital media allow users to do?

• to find, analyze, use, and communicate information

• create new forms of interaction, expression, communication, and entertainment in a digital form.

• use the computer, mobile devices, digital media, and other technologies

• apply teaching principles, knowledge, and ideas to authentic and practical classroom lessons

Explain what is meant by the digital generation.

(a)  

How do today’s students differ from students in the past?

(a)  

Which stage of the ARCS Motivational Model that feeling good about one’s self is a natural motivation.

 

• relevance

• challenge/confidence

• satisfaction/success

• attention

Which stage of the ARCS Motivational Model states that effective techniques should stimulate the sense of wonder and maintain interest.

 

 

• satisfaction/success

• challenge/confidence

• relevance

• attention

Which stage of the ARCS Motivational Model states that tudents who believe they can achieve often do.

• challenge/confidence

• relevance

• attention

• satisfaction/success