Media Didactics as an Implementation Science of Pedagogy?
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Media Didactics as an Implementation Science of Pedagogy?
Comment to ‹Mediendidaktik (Educational Technology). Attempt at Positioning› by Michael Kerres

MEDIDA24: 1. Tagungsband des AK Mediendidaktik der DGfE-Sektion Medienpädagogik
https://doi.org/10.21240/mpaed/65/2025.04.29.X
Published 2025-04-29
Marco Kalz
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Keywords

Media didactics
Implementation
Concept of Media
EdTech

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Kalz, Marco. 2025. “Media Didactics As an Implementation Science of Pedagogy? Comment to ‹Mediendidaktik (Educational Technology). Attempt at Positioning› by Michael Kerres”. MediaEducation: Journal for Theory and Practice of Media Education 65 (MEDIDA24):45-49. https://doi.org/10.21240/mpaed/65/2025.04.29.X.
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Abstract

In this commentary the proposal for a repositioning of educational technology is commented and extended. Based on the limits of conceptualization of media, the research focus of educational technology is extended to macro-level of didactics, on the other hand educational technology is drafted as the implementation science of pedagogy.

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