Technology in Education

                                          REACHING THE HEIGHTS Technique Issue:  The issue of reaching a diverse population with distance education is a important problem in the educational institution environment. With the increase in the number of institutions providing on-line distance education to the society, it is becoming an problem as to whether or not these institutions are reaching or serving a diverse population. Concern Focus: The criteria of providing online distance education are to better serve the entire population and offering leadership in education. But are the colleges/institutions in fact reaching the whole population or only a segment of the population is becoming reached? Societal elements such as economic maladies and unawareness of technological innovations might avoid the colleges/institutions from attaining the objective of serving the entire population with the on the internet distances education, and … Read entire article »

Measuring technological progress Many sociologists and anthropologists have created social theories dealing with social and cultural evolution. Some, like Lewis H. Morgan, Leslie White, and Gerhard Lenski, declare technological progress to be the primary factor driving the development of human civilization. Morgan’s concept of three major stages of social evolution (savagery, barbarism, and civilization) can be divided by technological milestones, like fire, the bow, and pottery in the savage era, domestication of animals, agriculture, and metalworking in the barbarian era and the alphabet and writing in the civilization era. Instead of specific inventions, White decided that the measure by which to judge the evolution of culture was energy. For White “the primary function of culture” is to “harness and control energy.” White differentiates between … Read entire article »