Educational technology plays important roles in 21st century education by allowing instruction to be student-centered and collaborative. It provides students 24/7 access to information, opportunities for constant social interaction, and the ability to easily create and share digital content. The key functions of educational technology include improving teaching and learning, analyzing the teaching-learning process, enhancing educational goals, training teachers, developing curricula and teaching-learning materials, identifying community needs, and helping with overall improvement.

1. The roles and functions of
educational technology in the
21st century education

3. ROLES AND FUNCTIONS
OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
IN THE 21ST CENTURY EDUCATION

4. Instruction should be
student-centered
• In order to contribute to the society , students will need to
be able to acquire new information as problem arises.
• Different learning styles are encouraged and students have
enhanced sense of motivation and responsibility
• Students will need to have “learned how to learn”

5. Education should be collaborative
• Students should be encouraged to work together
to discover new information,
piece it together, and construct meaning.
• Collaboration should be dynamic
• Students should learn how to recognize
the different strengths and talents each
person bring to a project,
and change roles depending on those attributes

6. The Role of technology in 21st century learning
1. Technology allows 24/7 access to information
2. Constant social interaction, and
3. Easily created and shared digital content

7. IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
Improvement of Teaching
- It tries to find out the different variables of teaching their interlinks,
effects upon each other, relationships
, theories in teaching, phases of teaching principles of teaching,
maxims of teaching and etc.

8. Analysis of the Teaching-Learning Process
- Educational technology aims at analyzing
the process of teaching-learning thoroughly.
It tries to establish better relationship
between teaching and learning.
Improvement of Learning
- It takes the help of various empirically
established generalizations from psychology,
sociology, physical sciences, engineering etc
Enhancing Goals of Education
-Educational technology helps in enhancing
the right objectives in the light
of the changed circumstances and
change in environment.

9. Training to Teachers
-The change type of environment with new curriculum and
new materials is to be handled by the teachers.
Right type of training to the teachers is the need of the hour.
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.

10. Development of teaching-Learning
-Materials Teaching-learning materials have to be in accordance with
the environment of the learners. Only right type of materials will be
able to modify the behavior of the learner suitably making him a fit person for the society.
Teaching-Learning Strategies
-The strategy has to be the right one, which should be according to the
materials and is able to bring about effective teaching learning.
Development of Audio-Visual Aids
-The software aids, the hardware aids, the computer and other such appliances,
equipments and etc., have to be used in the present type of teaching-learning environment.
Help in Overall Improvement
- Evaluation of the teaching-learning process is also made better because the feedback,
things are improved thoroughly and there is better control over the process of education.
Identification of Needs of the Community
- 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.

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PREPARED BY:
RAQUEL MAE CABALLERO