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Technology in STEM Project-Based Learning

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STEM Project-Based Learning

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Technology has penetrated almost every aspect of our lives. It plays an essential role in education, especially in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education. This role can be defined through two categories in STEM Project-Based Learning (PBL). In the first category, technology itself is a subject field that should be learned through integration within STEM Education. Technology is the visible face of STEM. Many types of 21st century skills and literacies such as information and communication skills, information literacy, mathematics literacy, and science literacy require effective knowledge and use of technology. In the second category, technology nurtures the teaching and learning processes. From this perspective we can define it as educational technology that offers and fosters opportunities for designing and implementing STEM PBL.

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    Ozcan E. Akgun

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    James R. Morgan

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Akgun, O.E. (2013). Technology in STEM Project-Based Learning. In: Capraro, R.M., Capraro, M.M., Morgan, J.R. (eds) STEM Project-Based Learning. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-143-6_8

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