Welcome to the
World of Tomorrow!
Your Guide to...
Instructional Technology and
Human Performance Technology
IT and HPT for the Everyday Person
(That's You!)
What is Instructional Technology?
It is the creation of instruction for a wide variety of uses. From classrooms to corporations, IT is focused on designing instruction to help people improve their learning. Ethics is also very important in the field of IT; practitioners strive to always keep in mind best-practices and research-based methods when creating instruction.
What is Human Performance Technology?
HPT is the tools used in corporate settings to help employees improve their performance. Examples of this include training programs, applications, hardware, or even the design of their work environment.
What is Educational Technology?
ET is the tools used in educational settings to help learners improve their performance. Examples of this include projectors, laptops, iPads, or even graphic organizers designed to help students better understand the organization of information.