1. The document discusses the roles and functions of technology in 21st century education. It advocates for student-centered learning where students collaborate to solve problems and teachers act as facilitators. 2. Education should be collaborative, with students working together across cultures to discover information and construct meaning. Schools should also collaborate internationally to share practices. 3. Learning works best when it provides real-world context so students understand how skills apply in life. Technology allows constant access to information, social interaction, and easy content creation and sharing, aiding the goals of 21st century education.

1. ROLES AND FUNCTIONS
OF TECHNOLOGY
IN THE 21ST CENTURY EDUCATION
BY : FLORAMIE DUNGOG

3. INSTRUCTION SHOULD BE STUDENT
CENTERED
Education is no longer about listening to the teacher talk and absorbing the
information. In this classroom model, the teacher would act as a facilitator for
the students.
In order to contribute to society, students will need to be able to :
 acquire new information as problems arise;
 they will need to connect the new information with the knowledge they
already have and apply it to solving the problem at hand.
 they need to have ‘learned how to learn’ on their own

4. EDUCATION
How can students be expected to work
with people from other cultures, with
different values from their own, if they
are not able to work with people they
see each day in classroom?
 Students must learn to collaborate
with others.
 Students should be encouraged to
work together to discover
information, piece it together, and
construct meaning.
 Schools should also be collaborating
with other educational institutions
around the world to share
information and learn about
different practices or methods that
have been developed.
SHOULD BE
COLLABORATIVE

5. LEARNING SHOULD HAVE CONTEXT
Student-centered does not mean that the teacher would give 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.
 The teacher can make a point of helping students to understand how the
skills they are building can be applied in their lives.
 Students will be more motivated to learn something that they can see the
value in.
 Teach students the skills that are useful in any situation.

6. THE ROLE OF
TECHNOLOGY
IN 21ST CENTURY LEARNING

7. 1. TECHNOLOGY ALLOWS FOR 24/7
ACCESS TO INFORMATION
2. CONSTANT SOCIAL INTERACTION,
AND
3. EASILY CREATED AND SHARED
DIGITAL CONTENT.

8. IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS
OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

9.  ANALYSIS OF THE TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESS
-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.
 IMPROVEMENT OF LEARNING
- Educational technology analyses the process of learning and the related theories. It facilitates more
and more learning in less time
 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 and
theories of teaching

10.  ENHANCING GOALS OF EDUCATION
- Educational technology helps in finding out the right objectives. It also helps in enhancing the
right objectives in the light of the changed circumstances and changed environment.
 TRAINING FOR 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.
 DEVELOPMENT OF CURRICULUM
- Curriculum is the total teaching-learning environment, which has to be modified and remodeled in
the light of latest thoughts. Educational technology can do this job of developing a suitable
curriculum appropriately.

11.  DEVELOPMENT OF TEACHING-LEARNING MATERIALS
- 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.
 TEACHING-LEARNING STRATEGIES
- 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
 DEVELOPMENT OF AUDIO-VISUAL AIDS
- Audio-Visual aids need to be used according to the times. The software aids, the hardware aids,
the computer and other such appliances have to be used in the present type of teaching-learning
environment.

12.  HELP IN OVERALL IMPROVEMENT
- Educational technology helps in locating the
problems in the different areas of education.
Evaluation of the teaching learning process is also
made better.
 IDENTIFICATION OF NEEDS OF THE SOCIETY
- Educational technology identifies the needs of the
community. It helps in providing equal education
opportunities to deprived sections of the society.

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