Books on teaching technology?

April 1, 2008 6:54 PM

What book(s) can I read to help me be a better teacher of technology?

I teach technology-related courses to undergrads, including VB programming, Flash, web design, Office software, basic computing skills, etc. I'm confident in my technology skills. I know how to find information on tech-related topics. I know [pretty much] what's hot and what's not in technology. There are great threads here about teaching programming and the like, which I've read through.

But, in an effort to improve my teaching skills, I want learn more teaching theory. I specifically want to learn more about how adults (college-age and older) learn technology-related subjects, and about the theories of teaching technology to adults.

So my questions are:

Which books are considered definitive works (or at least generally well-regarded) on how adults learn technology?

Which books are considered definitive works (or at least generally well-regarded) on teaching technology to adults?

I totally realize that such books may not exist, so any other resources (blogs, forums, papers, etc.) are welcome too.

I'm not so much interested in "educational technology" in terms of incorporating technology into other subjects. I'm interested in the teaching of technology itself.

posted by SuperSquirrel to education (2 comments total)

If you want to see someone teach technology (at least, how technology evolves out of older technology, not sure if that is what you are looking for) then you can find no better teacher than James Burke.

Watch a couple of episodes of his show [i]Connections[/i] to see what I mean.

Start with episode one here.
posted by munchingzombie at 8:03 PM on April 1, 2008

Thanks - that used to be one of my favorite shows, but I got out of the habit of watching it. Thanks for the reminder!
posted by SuperSquirrel at 12:17 PM on April 2, 2008