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Reading:
Now read “A Short History of Educational Technology” from Bates’ (2015) Teach-
ing in a Digital Age. Bates provides a good brief overview of the history of educa-
tional technology, with a uniquely Canadian perspective.

Bates (2015) also provides a good overview of the most common modes of de-
livery of education using technology. Skim through the key points in “Chapter 9:
Modes of Delivery”

Optional Reading—Extend Your Understanding
Read Watters’ (2014) “The Hidden History of Ed-Tech” (CC BY-SA 4.0) in The
Monsters of Educational Technology(pp. 7–31).

We have briefly explored how educational technology has evolved over the years.
But experiences with educational technology vary from country to country. So
how has that experience looked in Canada? If you are interested in the K–12
perspective on the history of educational technology in Canada, skim through the
sections that interest you in the MediaSmarts/Canadian Teachers
Federation’s Connected to Learn: Teachers’ Experiences with Networked Tech-
nologies in the Classroom. For greater focus on post-secondary education per-
spective, read “Chapter 1: Fundamental Change in Education” from Bates’ (2015)
Teaching in a Digital Age.

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