Instructional Technologies

"Research and practice in educational technology are rooted in a primordial human drive to find ways of teaching in ways that are more efficient (Molenda, 2007, p. 5).

"With the rapid global spread of the World Wide Web after 1995, networked computers took on communication functions as well as storage and processing functions" (Molenda, 2007, p. 5).

"The 21st century began with educational technology increasingly focused on distance education" (Molenda, 2007, p. 5)