Educational technology analyzes the teaching and learning process thoroughly to understand the different variables and their relationships. It aims to improve theories of teaching and establish better relationships between teaching and learning. Educational technology also analyzes learning theories and helps facilitate more learning in less time by drawing from various fields. It further helps determine appropriate objectives, curriculum, teaching materials, strategies, and aids in light of changing needs and environments to revolutionize and improve the teaching and learning process overall.

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-It 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 improving theories of teaching it helps improving the quality of
education

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-Educational 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, relationship etc.
-It is also concerned with various phases of teaching
-it tries to establish better relationship between teaching and
learning

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Technology-4
-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.

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Technology-5
-The objectives of education are being reviewed and
revised with the passage of time. Educational 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.

6. -Important Functions of Educational
Technology-6
-The changed type of environment with new curriculum and new
materials is to be handled by 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.

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Keeping in view the objectives of education, which have been finalized by
education technology therefore, comes the question of developing right type
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 lights of latest thoughts. Educational
technology can do this job of developing a suitable curriculum appropriately.

8. 7. DEVELOPMENT OF TEACHING-
LEARNING MATERIALS
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 Teaching-learning materials are also as important
as anything else in the teaching-learning process.
They have to be in accordance with the
environment of the learners. In this age of science
and technology, the materials of teaching cannot
be unscientific of the learners. In this age of
society including values of life need to be reflected
in the materials. Only right type of materials will
able to modify the behavior of the learner suitably

9. 8. TEACHING-LEARNING STRATEGIES
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 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

10. 9. DEVELOPMENT OF AUDIO-
VISUAL AIDS
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 Audio-visual aids have always played an
important role in the teaching-learning process.
They need be used according to 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. Computer assisted
instructions will help the learner as well as the
teacher to achieve the goals of education more
conveniently.

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 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.
10. HELP IN OVERALL IMPROVEMENT

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 Educational Technology identifies the needs of the community. It helps in
providing equal education opportunity. It helps in providing equal
education opportunities to backward people, disadvantaged students and
deprived section 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.
11.IDENTIFICATION OF NEEDS OF THE
COMMUNITY