INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN MODELS FOR TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION IN THE CLASSROOM

DOI https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10459088 Abstract: The technological progress made in recent decades has led education systems around the world to adopt reforms aimed at emphasizing the digital skills training of future graduates. The measures generated real challenges for the teaching staff who, on the one hand, had to adapt to the new requirements and update their knowledge in the field of information technology, and, on the other hand, they were put in a position to find ways of integrating technology in the classroom adapted to the level and specifics of the students class, to the resources available and, above all, to the characteristics of the taught subjects/ disciplines. The present study describes 3 instructional design models intended to facilitate the integration of technology in teaching activities: RAT and SAMR, models that offer teachers support in evaluating the level of technology integration in teaching-learning activities, and TPACK, a slightly more complex model which focuses the attention on the 3 main components of teachers' knowledge (content knowledge, pedagogical knowledge and technological knowledge) and on the interaction between them.