Outcomes of Educational Technology

            It is essential to determine the impact of using technologies on the outcomes of an educational program, especially at educational institutions.  Due to the fact that the world is continuing change and develops, and educational institutions are considered just one part from the world; so, it is important to assess and evaluate how technologies affect the performance of students and outcomes of an educational program.  Through reviewing different articles, I chose two articles, which were related to the unit objectives.  The first article was published by Johnson and Mejia in (2014).  This article presented the performance of students in online courses at California’s community colleges.  The results that mentioned in this article explained that students were failed in short term educational courses, because they did not find enough time to achieve goals of education.  While, students were success in long term courses, because they could find enough time to use different tools and technologies to achieve goals of the educational courses. 

            The second attracted article was published by Roblyer, McDaniel, Webb, Herman, and Witty in (2010).  This article presented the use of Facebook in education.  Results of this study presented that students are more likely to use Facebook than educators, and this social media can promote the communication and collaboration among educators and students, which might lead to positive outcomes of educational programs.  But this technology should be controlled to avoid any negative consequences.

            The attached files are the articles that presented above, and you can take benefits from their reviewing.

References:

Johnson, H. P., & Mejia, M. C. (2014). Online learning and student outcomes in California's community colleges. Public Policy Institute. Retrieved from http://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/report/R_514HJR.pdf

Roblyer, M., McDaniel, M., Webb, M., Herman, J., & Witty, J. V. (2010). Findings on Facebook in higher education: A comparison of college faculty and student uses and perceptions of social networking sites. The Internet and Higher Education, 13(3), 134-140. Retrieved from http://u.osu.edu/granello.1/files/2011/09/Facebook-and-Public-Image-22dkj6l.pdf