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ERIC Number: EJ361304
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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"Megatrends" in Educational Technology.
Spitzer, Dean R.
Educational Technology, v27 n9 p44-47 Sep 1987
Presents six trends and challenges facing educational technology: (1) increasing differentiation between education and training; (2) private sector (industrial) developments; (3) increasing politicization in education; (4) rapid growth in continuing professional education; (5) informal education replacing formal education; and (6) hardware developing more rapidly than software. (LRW)
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Computer Software, Educational Technology, Educational Trends, Futures (of Society), Industrial Training, Informal Education, Politics of Education, Professional Continuing Education, Skill Development
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Industrial Technologists