The SAGE Encyclopedia of Educational Technology examines information on leveraging the power of technology to support teaching and learning. While using innovative technology to educate individuals is certainly not a new topic, how it is approached, adapted, and used toward the services of achieving real gains in student performance is extremely pertinent.

Table of Contents

• Editorial Board
• Reader's Guide
• About the Editor
• Contributors
• Introduction
• Dedication and Acknowledgments
• Volume 1
• A
• Accelerated Learning
• Activity Theory
• Adaptive and Responsive Websites
• Adaptive Learning Software and Platforms
• Adaptive Testing
• Affective Factors in Learning, Instruction, and Technology
• Agent Technologies for Evaluation
• Agents for Handheld Devices
• Agents in E-Learning in the Business Sector
• Agents in Informal E-Learning
• Alignment of Games and Learning Goals
• Anchored Instruction
• Animated Agents in Learning Systems
• Apps for Use at the Elementary Level
• Apps for Use at the Secondary Level
• Apps for Use in Higher Education
• ARCS Model
• Assessing Learning in Simulation-Based Environments
• Assessing Literacy Skills in the 21st Century
• Assessment in Game-Based Learning
• Assessment of Attitudes and Predispositions
• Assessment of Problem Solving and Higher Order Thinking
• Assistive Technology
• Assistive Technology for Persons With Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Asynchronous Tools and Technologies
• Augmented Reality
• Automated Scoring of Essays
• Avatars and Agents in Virtual Systems
• B
• Badges and Skill Certification
• Behavioral Factors in Learning, Instruction, and Technology
• Benefit-Cost Analysis
• Biofeedback Learning Environments
• Blogs as a Communication Tool
• C
• Case Study Research in Educational Technology
• Case-Based Reasoning and Educational Technology
• Causal Influence Diagrams
• Certification of Instructional Designers in Educational Technology
• Certification of Teachers in Educational Technology
• Change Agency
• Cloud Computing
• Cloud-Based Adaptive Systems
• Cognition and Human Learning
• Cognitive Apprenticeship
• Cognitive Flexibility Theory
• Cognitive Load Theory
• Cognitive Task Analysis
• Collaboration and Social Networking
• Collaborative Communication Tools and Technologies
• Collaborative Learning and 21st-Century Skills
• Collaborative Learning With Technology
• Competency Models and Frameworks
• Component Display Theory
• Conditions of Learning
• Conditions of Learning: Gagné's Nine Events of Instruction
• Constructivist Theory
• Cost Analysis in Assessments of Educational Technology
• Creative Commons
• Criterion-Referenced Assessments
• Critical Decision Method
• Cultural Considerations in Technology-Enhanced Learning and Instruction
• Curricula for Advanced Learning Technologies
• Cyberbullying
• Cyberinfrastructure Capabilities and Limitations
• Cyberinfrastructure for Learning and Instruction
• Cybersecurity
• D
• Data Mining and Recommendation Engines
• Data Sensing and Visualization Systems
• Data Streaming
• Design and Creation of Adaptive Educational Systems
• Design and Development Research
• Design of Engaging Informal Learning Places and Spaces
• Design-Based Research
• Desktop and Virtual Publishing
• Diagnostic Feedback in Formal Educational Settings
• Diagnostic Feedback in Informal Educational Settings
• Diffusion of Distance Education
• Diffusion of New Technologies in the Workplace
• Digital Archives
• Digital Curation
• Digital Divide
• Digital Identity
• Digital Literacy: Overview and Definition
• Digital Literacy and Adult Learners
• Digital Literacy and Critical Thinking
• Digital Literacy in Elementary and Secondary Education
• Digital Literacy in Higher Education
• Digital Storytelling
• Disruptive Innovations
• Disruptive Technologies
• Distance Learning for Degree Completion for Working Adults
• Distance Learning for Professional Development
• Distributed Cognitions in Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning
• Dual Coding Theory
• Dynamic Student Profiles
• E
• Early Adopters
• E-Book Standards
• Education in Workplace Settings
• Educational Data Mining
• Educational Technology, Case Study Research in
• Educational Technology, History of
• Educational Technology, Philosophical Perspectives on
• Elaboration Theory
• Electronic Performance Support Systems
• Embodied Learning Systems
• Emerging Educational Technologies
• Engaged Learning
• E-Portfolio Technologies
• E-Portfolios in Higher Education
• E-Portfolios in K–12 Education
• Evaluation of Educational Technology Competencies
• Evaluation Research
• Experiential Learning
• Experimental Research and Educational Technology
• F
• Formative Assessment
• Four-Component Instructional Design (4C/ID)
• G
• Games: Impact on Interests and Motivation
• Games: Impact on Learning
• Games and Transformational Play
• Games for Adult Learners
• Games in Business and Industry Settings
• Games in Elementary and Middle School Settings
• Games in High School Settings
• Games in Higher Education
• Games in Medical Training
• Games in Military Training
• Games to Promote Inquiry Learning
• Gamification
• Geographic Information Systems and Education
• Gesture-Based Learning and Instructional Systems
• H
• Haptic Technologies to Support Learning
• Head-Mounted Displays in Learning and Instruction
• History of Educational Technology
• Holographic Imaging in Learning and Instruction
• Human Performance Technology
• Human-Computer Interaction
• I
• Informal Learning Strategies
• Information, Technology, and Media Literacies
• Information and Communication Technologies: Competencies in the 21st-Century Workforce
• Information and Communication Technologies: Knowledge Management
• Information and Communication Technologies: Organizational Learning
• Information and Communication Technologies for Formal Learning
• Information and Communication Technologies for Informal Learning
• Information and Communication Technologies in Developed Countries
• Information and Communication Technologies in Developing Countries
• Information and Communication Technologies in Multinational and Multicultural Contexts
• Information Visualization
• Innovators and Risk Takers in Education
• Instructional Design Models
• Instructional Design Practice
• Instructional Design Research
• Instructional Designer Preparation
• Instructional Transaction Theory
• Integrated and Networked Mobile Devices for Learning and Instruction
• Integrating Informal Learning With Programs at the College/University Level
• Integrating Informal Learning With School Programs at the Secondary Level
• Integrating Social Media Into Learning and Instruction
• Intellectual Property
• Intelligent Tutoring Systems
• Interactive Webinars
• Internet: Impact and Potential for Learning and Instruction
• Internet of Things
• Intersubjectivity and Educational Technology
• Item Response Theory
• K
• Knowledge and Skill Hierarchies
• Knowledge and Skill-Based Digital Badges
• Knowledge Elicitation
• Volume 2
• L
• Leadership in E-Learning
• Learners and Instructional Control in Adaptive Systems
• Learning Analytics
• Learning Analytics for Programming Competencies
• Learning Analytics for Writing Competencies
• Learning and Instructional Apps
• Learning by Modeling
• Learning in Museums
• Learning in Outdoor Settings
• Learning in the Defense Sector With Simulated Systems
• Learning in the Health Sector With Simulated Systems
• Learning in the Manufacturing Sector With Simulated Systems
• Learning in the Marketing Sector With Simulated Systems
• Learning Objects
• Learning With Models
• Learning With Simulations
• M
• Management Flight Simulators
• Massive Open Online Courses
• Measuring and Assessing Literacy Skills
• Measuring and Assessing Tpack (Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge)
• Measuring Contacts and Interactions in Social Networks
• Measuring Learning in Informal Contexts
• Media Literacies
• Message Design for Digital Media
• Metatagging of Learning Objects and Apps
• Methods for Teaching Digital Literacy Skills
• Mindtools
• Mobile Assistive Technologies
• Mobile Devices: Impact on Learning and Instruction
• Mobile Tools and Technologies for Learning and Instruction
• Model-Based Approaches
• Moocs
• Motivation, Emotion Control, and Volition
• Multimedia and Image Design
• N
• Natural Language Processing in Learning Environments
• Neurologically Based Learning and Instruction
• Neuroscience and Learning
• New Visual World and Future Competencies
• Nine Events of Instruction
• Norm-Based Assessments
• O
• Objectives-Based Assessments
• Online Mentoring
• Open Content Licensing
• Open-Access Journals in Educational Technology
• OpenCourseWare Movement
• Open-Source Repositories for Learning and Instruction
• Organizational Learning and Performance
• P
• Pedagogical Agents
• Pedagogical Knowledge
• Performance Assessment
• Personal Learning Environments
• Personalized Learning and Instruction
• Philosophical Perspectives on Educational Technology
• Planning for Technology Upgrades and Improvements
• Podcasting for Learning and Information Sharing
• Predicting Change and Adoption of Technology Innovations
• Problem- and Task-Centered Approaches
• Professional Development Tools and Technologies
• Program Evaluation
• Q
• Qualitative Research Tools for Educational Technology Research
• R
• Radio Frequency Identification in Education
• Recommendation Engines
• Reflection and Preflection Prompts and Scaffolding
• Remote Sensing Technologies
• Repair Theory
• Repositories for Learning and Instructional Apps
• Research in Schools
• S
• Seamless Learning
• Second Self
• Self-Regulated E-Learning Design Principles
• Semantic Web
• Serious Games
• Simulated Systems for Environmental Planning
• Simulation Applications in Engineering Education
• Simulation-Based Learning
• Situated Learning
• Skill Decomposition
• Social Media, Identity in
• Social Media and Networking
• Social Media in Elementary School Settings
• Social Media in Higher Education
• Social Media in Secondary School Settings
• Social Media in the Workplace
• Social Network Analysis
• Social Networking
• Socially Constructed Virtual Artifacts
• Stealth Assessment
• Structural Learning Theory
• Student Modeling
• Student Response Systems
• Summative Assessment
• Synchronous Tools and Technologies
• System and Learner Control in Adaptive Systems
• System Dynamics
• Systemic Change and Educational Technology
• T
• Tablet Devices in Education and Training
• Technologies for Critical Thinking Development
• Technologies for Gifted Students
• Technologies for Persons with Dyslexia
• Technologies for Persons with Hearing Impairments
• Technologies for Persons with Physical Disabilities
• Technologies for Persons with Visual Impairments
• Technologies for Students with Attention Deficit Disorder
• Technologies in Arts Education
• Technologies in Humanities Education
• Technologies in Mathematics Education
• Technologies in Medical Education
• Technologies in Science Education
• Technologies Supporting Self-Regulated Learning
• Technologies That Learn and Adapt to Users
• Technologies to Enhance Communication for Persons with Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Technologies to Support Engineering Education
• Technology, Pedagogy, and the Learning Society
• Technology and Information Literacy
• Technology Integration
• Technology Knowledge
• Technology Support for Conceptual Change
• Technology-Enhanced Inquiry Learning
• Technology-Facilitated Experiential Learning
• Think-Aloud Protocol Analysis
• 3D Immersive Environments
• 3D Printing and Prototyping
• 3G and 4G Networks
• Tools for Modeling and Simulation
• Touch-Based and Gesture-Based Devices
• TPACK (Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge)
• TPACK (Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge): Implications for 21st-Century Teacher Education
• Training Using Virtual Worlds
• Transmedia in Education
• Twenty-First-Century Technology Skills
• U
• Ubiquitous Learning
• Universal Design
• Universal Design for Learning
• V
• Verification and Validation of Digital Resources
• Video Games and Student Assessment
• Virtual Learning Environments
• Virtual Schools and Programs
• Virtual Teams
• Virtual Tours
• Virtual Tutees
• Virtual Worlds
• Visual Literacy Skills in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education
• Visual Search Engines
• Vulnerability in Learning
• W
• Wearable Learning Environments
• Web Analytics
• Web 2.0 and Beyond
• Web 2.0/3.0 in the Workplace
• Wikis as a Collaboration Tool
• Workflow Analysis
• Appendix A: Chronology
• Appendix B: Glossary
• Appendix C: Resource Guide