臺灣教育科技的回顧與展望

Educational Technology: A Brief Retrospect and Prospect in Taiwan

臺灣在教育科技的運用已有很長的歷史。回顧這段不算短的歷史，過去曾做了分期，如電化教育、視聽教育、視聽傳播、教學科技及數位學習等時期。以上每時期之科技產物對教學應用都有某種程度的影響，但影響更大者莫過於電腦的發明，尤其是個人電腦普及化後，教學與電腦幾乎已難分難捨，特別是網路出現之後，對教育各領域的影嚮更難以形容。過去有軟體與硬體之分，現在幾已融為一體。資訊與網路科技不僅與教育不可分離，影響所及，不僅教學方法多元化，教師與學生之互動方式也異於傳統， 對學習也產生了新的思維。而目前最受各界關注之電子書、電子書包及雲端教育等議題，無疑會對教學方式、教材形式與學習行為等產生革命性的改變，這是所有教育工作者、學生及家長必須面對的新挑戰。面對這些與日常生活及教育不可分之科技產物，我們除了要從其獲得更有利於教學方法、教學資源、學習行為及學習內容外，同時也要避免此等科技產物對身心產生負面的影響。

Taiwan has a long history of using technology for instruction and has generally been divided into several chief periods, such as electrifying education, audiovisual education, media communication, instructional technology, and digital learning, each of which, to a certain degree, influenced by integrating technology into the classroom. The most important invention in the last century is the computer and specifically the popularization of personal computer developed a close relationship between computer use and computer-assisted instruction. More particularly, the laptop computer with an internet connection makes it difficult to evaluate influences on various fields of education, resulting in a combination of hardware and operating-system software design and a close relationship between instruction and information/internet technology. The instructional use of new information and internet technologies includes not only diverse teaching methods, but also stimulation of increased teacher/student interaction and new ways of learning. E-book, e-school bag, cloud education are getting more attention and undoubtedly, reporting evolutional changes in teaching methods, teaching materials, and learning behaviors, which is a new challenge all educators, students, and parents will face. When these technological products have a strong influence on all aspects of daily life and education, we should not only maximize the potential benefits the technology provide for classroom instruction including teaching methods and resources, learning behaviors, and interactive learning content, but of course minimize the potential negative effects of technological change for individual mental health and psychological wellbeing.