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Educational Technology and the Learning Resource Center

Welcome to our special issue on educational technology. Why a special issue on educational technology? Many employees of community colleges are working on advanced degrees in educational technology. They constantly appear at the reference desk (and in my office) requesting help with their class assignments or dissertation research. The fields of educational (or instructional) technology and librarianship overlap on many significant topics: information literacy, distance learning and integrated learning environment, and the design and management of instructional materials (Chen 2003). Technology (techne) was conceived by the ancient Greeks as both a particular activity and a kind of knowledge (Sattler 2004). Technology is not only the hardware, but also how we use these tools. Carolyn Campbell (2009) posted a Power Point Presentation on Slideshare which illustrates the situation with humor: