roles and function of educational technology in the 21st century

1. Roles and Function of Educational
Technology in the 21st
Century
Education

2. The term “21st century” has become the central part of
education thinking and planning for the future.
Administrators and teachers are actively searching for
ways to prepare students for the future, and the
educational system has been evolving faster than ever
before.
Technology, in one form or another, has always been
part of the teaching and learning environment. It is part
of the teacher’s professional toolbox. In other words, it
is among the resources that teachers use to help
facilitate student learning.

3. In order to prepare student to play their
role in the 21st
century sciety we are a part
of the following can be considered when
deciding how education will look in our
schools and classrooms

4. Instruction should be student-centered
Students are directly involved and invested in the
discovery of their own knowledge.
In this classroom model, the teacher would act as
facilitator for the students. Instead of passively
receiving information, the students would gather
information on their own, under the guidance of
their teacher.

5. Education should be collaborative
Student must learn how to collaborate with
others. Through collaboration and
cooperation with others, students engage in
experiential learning that is authentic, holistic,
and challenging.

6. Learning should have context
Student-centered does not mean that the teacher
gives up all control of the classroom. While
students are encouraged to learn in different
ways, the teacher still provides guidance as to the
skills that need to be acquired.

7. Important functions of
Educational Technology

8. Improvement of teaching
Educational technology analyses the
process of teaching thoroughly. 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 developing the theories
of teaching , it helps in improving the
quality of education.

9. Analysis of the Teaching-Learning
Process
Education technology aims at
analyzing the process of teaching-
Learning thoroughly. It tries to find
out the different variables of
teaching, their interlinks, effects
upon each other, relationships, etc. it
also concerned with various phases
of teaching.

10. Improvment of Learning
Educational technology analyses the
process of learning and the related
theories. It facilitates more and more of
learning in less time.
Overhead initially served the purpose
of entertaining children.

11. Enhancing goals of Education
Education technology helps in finding out
the right objectives. Everything in this
universe is undergoing tremendous
changes and with a very fast speed.
Educational technology helps in
enhancing the right objectives in the light
of the changed circumstances and
changed environment.

12. Training to teachers
The changed type of environment with new
curriculum and new materials is to be handles by
the teachers.
The use of a projector enables teachers to move
more quickly through material, avoiding students
and their questions by cutting out distractions
and anything that may slow down the
information progress.

13. Development of Curriculum
Keeping in view the objectives of education,
which have been a new materials is to be
handles by the teachers. Right type of
question of developing right type of
curriculum. Only a suitable curriculum will
help in attainment of goals.

14. Developing of Teaching-Learning
Materials
Teaching-Learning materials are also as important
as anything else in the Teaching-learning process.
They have to be accordance with the environment
of the learners. Only right type if materials will able
to modify the behavior of the learner suitably
making him a fit person for the society.
The overhead projector used in the classroom could
imply a sense of teacher control or authority, even
though the teachers themselves may say otherwise.

15. Teaching-Learning Strategies
A strategy plays an important role in
the hands of a teacher in every
teaching- Learning situation.
Overhead projector also works as a
great classroom management
strategy to the teachers.

16. Development of Audio-Visual Aids:
Audio-visual aids have always played an
important role in the teaching-learning process.
Overhead projector slides/transparencies are
displayed on the overhead projector (OHP)- A
very useful tool found in most lecture and
seminar rooms. The OHP projects and enlarges
your slides onto a screen or wall without
requiring the lights to be dimmed.

17. Helps in overall Improvements
Educational technology helps in locating the
problems in the different areas or education. It
also helps in remedying the draw-backs.
Evaluation of teaching-learning process is also
made better because through feedback, things
are improved thoroughly and there is better
control over the process of education.
The overhead projector is a great teaching tool
as well as a powerful technique for maintaining
order in your classroom.

18. Identification of need of the
Community
Educational technology identifies the need of the
community. It helps in providing equal education
opportunities to backward people, disadvantaged
students and deprived sections of the society.
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.

19. Submitted by:
Jaycel Paglinawan
FS 3 1:30-2:30 SAT
Submitted to:
Ms. Maria Estela Teo-Balbuena