Gwinee Jean Arias Schedule: MWF, 9:30-10:30

1. ROLES AND FUNCTIONS OF
EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
IN 21ST CENTURY
GWINEE JEAN ARIAS

2. As an academic discipline, the study
of educational technology prepares
individuals by helping them acquire a
deeper understanding and mastery of:

3. • learning resources: messages, people,
materials, devices, techniques and settings;
• processes for analyzing and devising
solutions to those problems through
research, theory, design, production,
evaluation, utilization;
• the processes involved in organization and
personnel management.

7. THE ROLES AND FUNCTIONS OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
Both teachers and the students are convinced about the important
contributions educational technology can offer. If properly selected and used,
instructional materials can do the following:
1.) Arouse and sustain the interest and attention of the pupils/students to learn.
2.) Concretize abstract concepts/ideas to promote meaningful learning.
3.) Makes learning more permanent because of the rich experiences that they
provide.
4.) Provide self-activities for independent learning.
5.) Increase vocabulary by eliminating verbalism.
6.) Develop continuity of thought.
7.) Increase the quality of learning while decreasing the time spent.
8.) Check pupils preparedness.
9.) Make learning more interactive, hence learning is improved.