Educational Framework:
TIM - Tech Integration matrix
Technology Integration Matrix (TIM)
Technology Integration Matrix (TIM)
The TIM provides a common vocabulary for technology integration that focuses attention where it belongs — on teaching and learning. Too often, technology in the classroom becomes the tail wagging the dog.
The TIM provides a common vocabulary for technology integration that focuses attention where it belongs — on teaching and learning. Too often, technology in the classroom becomes the tail wagging the dog.
TIM emphasizes the pedagogical approach taken, not the devices used.
TIM emphasizes the pedagogical approach taken, not the devices used.
The Technology Integration Matrix (TIM) provides a framework for describing and targeting the use of technology to enhance learning. The TIM incorporates five interdependent characteristics of meaningful learning environments:
active,
collaborative,
constructive,
authentic, and
goal-directed.
These characteristics are associated with five levels of technology integration: entry, adoption, adaptation, infusion, and transformation. Together, the five characteristics of meaningful learning environments and five levels of technology integration create a matrix of 25 cells, as illustrated below. Developed by the Florida Center for Instructional Technology (FCIT), the TIM is in its second version.
