Using Technology to Improve Curriculum Erika Vien Odron

To be in the new generation is to be technology based education. Curriculum needs improvement such as making the materials up-to-date and convenient to everybody by applying technology into it. According to (insert name here), "The traditional, paper-based development process has some crucial problems. Conducting needs, assessments, holding committee meetings of teachers and development experts, mailing materials to reviewers, and waiting for responses takes takes enormous time and effort and often results in low participation." A case study conducted at Penn State University wherein they changed and developed their curriculum materials from paper-based to computer-based using a database. Since then, their department has refined the process, crearig nearly 40 curriculum items along the way. They are now using a web interface , through other computer-based ways of exchanging information. The benefit of this online process was that they are able to distribute materials quickly to a large number of evaluators. And because the materials are in a widely available database, officers and evaluators are able to access curriculum drafts easily and reviewed quickly. The department provided explanations of each module, review forms, and a menu to show how materials fit within the overall curriculum plan.