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Learner Experiences with Educational 6
Technology

Chapter Outline

• Experience and learner experience
• Elements of learner experience with educational technology
• Indicators to evaluate learner experience.

By the End of This Chapter, You Should Be Able To

• Describe general experience and learner experience
• Define learner experience and characterize varieties of learner experience
• List and elaborate the elements of learner experience
• Describe indicators of and their use in analyzing learner experience.

Main Learning Activities

1. Think about what constitutes learner experience and why learner experience is
important for educational technology. How would you characterize your
experience in reading this chapter? What might be done to improve your
learning experience with regard to this chapter?
2. Think about what element is most important for a meaningful learner experience.
Which element of this chapter has been most meaningful to you? Why? Of the five
elements discussed above, which of them can you identify in this chapter?
3. Choose a type of educational technology according to four categories (tools,
resources, environments, and methods) of the educational technology discussed
in this chapter. Pick a technology with which you are familiar. Identify the
elements of the learner experience involving educational technology and also
indicate relevant principles to guide design, development, and effective use of
the technology.

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