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Overview of IST

What is IST?

How do you define IST?

What is IST?

What does IST stand for?

Instructional Systems Technology

Focuses on the use of information and

communication technologies to support

emerging trends in education

E-learning

Virtual universities

Lifelong learning

Self-learning

Instructional Systems Technology

Professionals who develop innovative

and interactive solutions for education

and training

Are you fit to be in IST?

What characteristics

do you have that

qualify you as an IST

student?

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What sets us aside?

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MULTI-DISCIPLINARY

COMPUTER COMPUTER

SCIENCESCIENCE

EDUCATIONEDUCATION

INSTRUCTIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL

SYSTEMSSYSTEMS

MEDIAMEDIA

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MEDIA• Photography

• Video Editing

• Advertising & Print

• Marketing

INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEMS

• Introduction to IS

• Multimedia

• Courseware / Teachware

• 2D & 3D Graphics /

Animation

• LMS / EMS

• E-Learning

• Web Design

• HCI

EDUCATION

• Foundations of Education

• Principles of Teaching

• Curriculum Planning

• Educational Psychology

• Measurement & Evaluation

• Distance Education

COMPUTER SCIENCE

• Core CS Subjects

• Programming

• Database

• Networking

• Web Development

• Systems Analysis

What sets us aside?

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SKILL SETS

Technical CreativeAnalytical

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Observe and critique

Think critically

Create

Innovate

Improve Learning

Career Opportunities

Educational Systems Development

Interactive Media

E-learning

Human Computer Interaction

Corporate Training

Animation

Teaching

Print and Digital Advertising

Web Design

IST Affiliations

Schools and Universities

Language Learning Centers

Call-centers

Medical Transcription Agencies

Corporate Training Departments

Government

Development of

Instructional Technology

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TEACHER INSTRUCTION

Learning

What can you say about the diagram?

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Instructional Technology

Systems approach to solving educational

problems (Robyler, 2000)

Applying scientific knowledge about

human learning to the practical tasks of

teaching and learning (Heinich, Molenda

& Russell, 1993)

Instructional Technology: PAST

Major boost in the military during WWII

Increased use of educational media to train

military personnel -- Rapid training

Instructional Media were used:

Educational Training Films

(US produced 800 training films and filmstrips)

Projectors

Educational TV (242 channels)

Radio

Instructional Technology: PAST

Media became a part of the education

process

Schools began integrating visual

instructionDID YOU KNOW!

The Magic

Lantern was an

early audiovisual

device used in

schools in the

1900’s.

Instructional Computing

Computers were being used in instruction

1960s: PLATO (Programmed Logic for Automatic

Teaching Operation)

1970s: LOGO (Seymour Papert)

1980s: Tools

• Word processors

• Databases

• Spreadsheets

Instructional Design

Making a model / blueprint of how a

system will work

Instructional Technology

PAST PRESENT

Instructional

Design

Instructional

Media

Instructional

Computing

Instructional

Design

Instructional

Media

Instructional

Computing