Acronym of Education Technology connected with tools for e-learning

E-learning

E-learning comprises all forms of electronically supported learning and teaching. The information and communication systems, whether networked learning or not, serve as specific media to implement the learning process...

. Currently Edtech specialists are exploring such topics as integrating Blogs, Podcasts, Wikis, and other types of interactive technologies into the classroom to engage students and enhance the learning experience.

EdTech is a growing field because it is widely acknowledged that today's students learn in different ways from students in the past and teachers need to learn to reach their students in the most effective way.

See also

• Instructional technology
  Instructional technology
  In education, instructional technology is "the theory and practice ofdesign, development, utilization, management, and evaluation of processes and resources for learning," according to the Association for Educational Communications and Technology Definitions and Terminology Committee...
  
  
• Instructional theory
  Instructional theory
  An Instructional theory is "a theory that offers explicit guidance on how to better help people learn and develop." Instructional theories focus on how to structure material for promoting the education of human beings, particularly youth...
  
  
• Learning theory (education)
  Learning theory (education)
  In psychology and education, learning is commonly defined as a process that brings together cognitive, emotional, and environmental influences and experiences for acquiring, enhancing, or making changes in one's knowledge, skills, values, and world views . Learning as a process focuses on what...
  
  
• Educational psychology
  Educational psychology
  Educational psychology is the study of how humans learn in educational settings, the effectiveness of educational interventions, the psychology of teaching, and the social psychology of schools as organizations. Educational psychology is concerned with how students learn and develop, often focusing...
  
  
• Educational research
  Educational research
  Educational research refers to a variety of methods, in which individuals evaluate different aspects of education including but not limited to: “student learning, teaching methods, teacher training, and classroom dynamics”....
  
  
• Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge
  Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge
  Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge is a framework to understand and describe the kinds of knowledge needed by a teacher for effective pedagogical practice in a technology enhanced learning environment. The idea of pedagogical content knowledge was first described by Lee Shulman and...
  
  
• M-learning
  M-learning
  The term M-Learning, or "mobile learning", has different meanings for different communities. Although related to e-learning and distance education, it is distinct in its focus on learning across contexts and learning with mobile devices...
  
  
• E-learning
  E-learning
  E-learning comprises all forms of electronically supported learning and teaching. The information and communication systems, whether networked learning or not, serve as specific media to implement the learning process...
  
  
• Flexible Learning
  Flexible Learning
  Flexible Learning is a set of educational philosophies and systems, concerned with providing learners with increased choice, convenience, and personalisation to suit the learner. In particular, flexible learning provides learners with choices about where, when, and how learning occurs. Sometimes...
  
  
• Mind Map
  Mind map
  A mind map is a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks, or other items linked to and arranged around a central key word or idea. Especially in British English, the terms spidergram and spidergraph are more common, but they can cause confusion with the term spider diagram used in mathematics...