Activity #1 in Educational Technology (EDUC-2D) SCHEDULE: 10:30-11:30 AM MONDAY TO FRIDAY

1. Sumalinog, Jovelyn S.
SOURCES: EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY WORKBOOK
(By: Maria Estela Teo-Balbuena)

2. “21st century”?
The term 21st century has become the central part
of educational thinking and planning for the
future.
Creating a 21st century education system is about
making sure that all students are prepared to
succeed in a competitive world.
Thus the role of education is to prepare students
to become active, successful, and contributing
members of society.

3. “TECNOLOGY”?
Technology is a tool, a way for fact-based
learning and allows students to do a lot of
the research using the Internet and various
tools.
And at the same time these students are
learning very valuable research skills, which
they can transplant at high level of
education, at universities and beyond.

4. What are the role of
technology in 21st century
learning?

5. There are three role of technology in 21st
century learning:
1. Technology allows for 24/7 access to
information
2. Constant social interaction, and
3. Easily created and shared digital
content.

6. What are the Functions
of Educational
Technology?

7. 1. Improvement of Teaching:
It tries to find out the different variables of
teaching, their interlinks, effects upon each
other, relationships, theories of teaching,
phases of teaching principles of teaching,
maxims of teaching etc.
By helping developing the theories of
teaching, it helps in improving the quality of
education.

8. 2. Analysis of the Teaching-
Learning Process:
Educational Technology aims at analyzing the process of
teaching-learning thoroughly.
It is also concerned with various phases of teaching.
The principles of teaching and the maxims of teaching are
also analyzed by it.
Over all, it tries to establish better and better relationship
between teaching and learning.

9. 3. Improvement of Learning:
Educational Technology analyses the process of learning
and the related theories.
It facilitates more and more of learning in less time.
It takes the help of various empirically established
generalizations from psychology, sociology, physical
sciences, engineering etc.

10. 4. Fixing up Goals of Education:
The objectives of education are being reviewed and revised
with the passage of time.
Educational technology helps in finding out the right
objectives.
The needs and requirements of the people and hence
education need be revised from moment to moment.
Educational Technology helps in fixing up the right
objectives in the light of the changed circumstances and
changed environment.

11. 5. Training to Teachers:
Right type of training to the teachers is the need of the
hour.
Educational Technology can render its valuable help in
the training of teachers also.
The use of video tapes and close circuit T.V. will help the
teachers to remodel and reshape their teaching
behaviors suitably.

12. 6. Development of Curriculum:
Only a suitable type of curriculum will help in the
attainment of goals.
Curriculum is the total teaching-learning environment
which has to be modified and remodeled in the light
of latest thoughts.
Only educational technology can do this job of
developing a suitable curriculum appropriately.

13. 7. Development of Teaching-
Learning Materials:
Everything of the society including values of life need be
reflected in the materials.
Only right type of materials will able to modify the
behavior of the learner suitably making him a fit
person for the society.
Only educational technology can develop the required
and the desired type of teaching-learning materials.

14. 8. Teaching-Learning Strategies:
A strategy plays an important role in the hands of a teacher in
every teaching-learning situation.
The strategy has to be the right one which should be
according to the materials and is able to bring about
effective teaching-learning.
The different strategies are being evolved by educational
technology.
The knowledge of those strategies is a must for every teacher.
Then only the teachers will be able to do justice to their jobs.

15. 9. Development of Audio-Visual Aids:
Audio-Visual aids have always played an important role
in the teaching-learning process.
They need be used according to the times.
The software aids, the hardware aids, the computer and
other such appliances, equipment etc., have “to be
used in the present type of teaching-learning
environment.

16. 10. Help in Overall Improvement:
Educational technology helps in locating the problems
in the different areas of education. It also helps in
remedying the draw-backs.
Evaluation of the teaching- learning process is also made
better because through feedback, things are improved
thoroughly and there is better control over the process
of education.
Thus, educational technology can revolutionize the
whole process of teaching-learning.

17. 11. Identification of Needs of the
Community:
Educational Technology identifies the needs of the
community.
It helps in providing equal education opportunities to
backward people, disadvantaged students and deprived
sections of the society.
It helps education to reach the remotest corner of the
country.
Educational Technology aims at identifying the needs of the
community from time to time. Then it tries to improve the
community in every possible way.