December 29th, 2010 
Admin Introduction
Myths around educational technologies are to be found in any higher education institution. These myths are perpetuated among administrators, academic staff and students.
The incorporation of educational technologies requires a strategic plan that envisions educational technology as integral to curriculum development. In many aspects educational technologies are underutilised and need to become better integrated with the curriculum if students are to be better prepared for the workplace. All higher education institutions do have a strategic plan, or maybe, should have a strategic plan, for technology integration, but to which degree are the administrators incorporating the academic staff in the planning and strategizing phases?
Lecturers are the key to effective incorporation of educational technologies, not support services like the IT department and development services, although all these parties play a vital and irreplaceable role in the whole planning process. There is concern over the lecturers’ involvement because of all the myths that are perpetuated among these staff members.