HARDWARE APPROACH OF APPROACHES OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

1. APPROACHES OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
HARDWARE APPROACH

2.  Its origin is in Physical Sciences & Applied Engineering and it
is based on the concept of Service.
 It adopts a Product-oriented Approach.
 It is concerned with the production and utilization of audio-
visual aid material[ such as CHARTS, MODELS, SLIDES,
FILMSTRIPS, AUDIO CASSETTES, etc.], sophisticated
instruments and gadgets[ such as RADIO, TELEVISION, FILMS,
PROJECTORS, TAPE-RECORDERS, VIDEO PLAYER,
TEACHING MACHINES , COMPUTERS, etc.] and mass media.

3.  Hardware Technology utilizes the products of Software
Technology [such as teaching strategies, teaching learning
material, etc.] for its functioning.
 Hardware Approach has physical science and applied engineering
as its basis. They have mechanised the whole teaching-learning
process. There is even reduction in the cost of education.
Educational Technology that way has almost revolationised the total
teaching-learning

4.  Hardware technology has the potential to hand over the
educational benefits to the mass with greater ease and
economy Too much use of technical gadgets may
mechanize the process of teaching-learning as the
Hardware approach tries to enter education from outside,
operating more in isolation than in combination

5.  Hardware approach, undoubtedly, is bound to work
wonders in the area of education. It has a few draw-
backs which are given below:
a) Hardware material, equipment were devised by
science for use in science but now they have been
borrowed from there and are being used in
education.
b) While operating in the field of education, it works in
and not as an integral part of that system where it
existed earlier.