Document Type
Section VIII Article
Abstract
Educators concerned with service delivery to rural areas are once again looking to technology as a potential means for that delivery. In the following sections, contributors review key aspects of planning for and implementing technology applications towards improving these services. Four overarching observations are offered. First, educators must focus on the educational outcomes that are desired prior to proposing a technological solution. Too often, the opposite happens. Second, a systematic and comprehensive program needs to be undertaken to increase the awareness among potential producers (teachers and administrators) and consumers (learners) of successful technology applications. Third, state agencies must provide the leadership to local districts in facilitating the planning, implementing, evaluating and disseminating of information on efficient and effective uses of technology in education. And finally, in the course of implementing technology applications in teaching and learning, educators must take care to develop structures and mechanisms to accommodate the human aspects of technology use. Research has shown us that this is an important consideration to insure long term acceptance and effective use. In the following sections, the authors explore these and other points, as well as reflect on the implications of technology for rural education.
Journal Title
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series
Volume
1
Issue
1
First Page
133
Last Page
133
Publisher
Institute for Educational Leadership, University of Northern Iowa
City
Cedar Falls, IA
Copyright
©1990 North Central Regional Educational Laboratory and the University of Northern Iowa
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
(1990)
"Section VIII: Technology and Its Implications for Iowa Rural Education: Introduction,"
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series: Vol. 1:
No.
1, Article 49.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iel_monographs/vol1/iss1/49
