1. Technology Theories
1.1. Media Ecology
1.1.1. A new perspective/field of inquiry
1.1.2. Looks at media as environments
1.1.3. Looks at how technology affects humans
1.1.4. Technology is infused in our society
1.2. SCOT
1.2.1. Looks at how human actions affect technology
1.2.2. Technology means different things to different groups of people
1.2.3. Society determines the worth of technologies
2. Learning Theories
2.1. Connectivism
2.1.1. Teachers guide students in taking control of their learning and making connections
2.1.2. Learning happens in many different ways
2.1.3. Learning happens when people are able to make connections between different information sources
2.1.4. It's more important to know where to find information than knowing the information itself
2.2. Constructivism
2.2.1. All learners have prior knowledge that new knowledge is built upon
2.2.2. Learners direct their own learning and learn how to learn
2.2.3. Teachers encourage and guide learners through the learning process
2.2.4. Students make connections between prior knowledge and new knowledge rather than between different information sources like in connectivism
2.3. Cognitive Load
2.3.1. Working memory has a limited capacity and is used to take in information learn it, and transfer it to long-term memory
2.3.2. Long-term memory acts as storage for our learnt knowledge
2.3.3. Teachers must ensure that new information is being learnt and transferred into long-term memory