This document discusses the meaning, scope, and objectives of educational technology. It defines educational technology as the use of physical hardware, software, and educational theory to facilitate learning and improve performance. The scope of educational technology is as broad as education itself and includes areas like educational administration, testing, and instructional processes. The objectives of educational technology are to help identify educational needs, determine curriculum and strategies, develop teaching aids and models, and evaluate the effectiveness of teaching and learning.

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ASSIGNMENT ON:
MEANING, SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES OF
EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
Submitted To,
Mary Jain Mam
Assistant Professor
Emmanuel College Of
B.Ed Training, Vazhichal
Submitted by,
Vaishna.R.V
1.B.ED Geography
Emmanuel College of
B.ED Training, Vazhichal

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MEANING, SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES OF EDUCATIONAL
TECHNOLOGY
INTRODUCTION
According to the British Journal of Educational Technology published by the National
centre for Educational Technology, “Educational technology basically means all the
intellectual and operational efforts made during recent years to regroup, arrange and
systematize the application of scientific methods to the organization of new sets of
equipment and material so as to optimize learning process”. Educational technology’s
definition has evolved over the years as a variation of ways of dealing with learning
processes, a conceptual framework, theory and practice, and the latest study and
ethical practices of dealing with technological processes and resources. This is the era
of technology where we are utilizing scientific techniques for solving problems and
improving the life. However for acquiring education also we are implementing
technology to make teaching learning easier, simple, and comprehensive. This
technology is known as Educational Technology which is saving time and energy and
assisting learner progressively. As it is the first unit of course we are making this
chapter comprehensive to make you understand the meaning, scope m, significance
and components of educational technology.
Educational technology is a wide field. Therefore, one can find many definitions,
some of which are conflicting. Educational technology can be considered either as a
design science or as a collection of different research interests addressing fundamental
issues of learning, teaching and social organization. Official Definitions .The
Association for Educational Communications and Technology, the professional
society for ET, defines it as: Educational technology is the study and ethical practice
of facilitating learning and improving performance by creating, using, and managing
appropriate technological processes and resources. As a field, educational technology

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emphasizes communication skills and approaches to teaching and learning through the
judicious use and integration of diverse media. Scholars in the field examine the uses
of innovative media and technologies for education, examining all aspects from direct
student learning to management and impacts on institutions. As in all forms of applied
technology, the field studies how theoretical knowledge and scientific principles can
be applied to problems that arise in a social context. Practitioners in educational
technology seek new and effective ways of organizing the teaching and learning
process through the best possible application of technological developments. These
activities rely upon a body of knowledge for successful and ethical implementation,
rather than routine tasks or isolated technical skills.

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MEANING OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
Educational technology is the use of both physical hardware, software, and
educational theoretic to facilitate learning and improving performance by creating,
using, and managing appropriate technological processes and resources An
educational technologist is someone who is trained in the field of educational
technology.
It encompasses several domains including learning theory, computer-based training,
online learning, and where mobile technologies are used, m-learning. Accordingly,
there are several discrete aspects to describing the intellectual and technical
development of educational technology:
 Educational technology as the theory and practice of educational approaches to
learning.
 Educational technology as technological tools and media, for instance massive
online courses, that assists in the communication of knowledge, and its
development and exchange. This is usually what people are referring to when they
use the term "Educational Technology".
 Educational technology for learning management systems (LMS), such as tools for
student and curriculum management, and education management information
systems (EMIS).
 Educational technology as back-office management, such as training management
systems for logistics and budget management, and Learning Record Store (LRS)
for learning data storage and analysis.
 Educational technology itself as an educational subject; such courses may be called
"Computer Studies" or "Information and communications technology (ICT)".
There are three views regarding the meaning of educational technology.
The first view which may call educational technology 1(ET1) refers to the
application of physical science and engineering technology to provide mechanical

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or electromechanically tools, instrumentation or ‘hardware’ which can be used for
instructional purposes. This is the view of James O Fin and others (1960) for the
‘audiovisual education’ movement and by the electronic communication industry.
in this sense, the reference is generally to the use of equipment for presenting
instructional material such as still and motion picture projectors( silent and sound
),tape recorders(including language laboratory), television, teaching machines and
computer based teaching.
The second view which may call educational technology 2 (ET2) refers to the
application of scientific principles to instruction. This is the view of Skinner,
Gagne and others .Here psychological principles of learning are stressed.
The third and the modern view of educational technology 3 (ET3) as described by
Davis and Hartley (1972), incorporates both ET1 and ET2 through application of a
“system approach” to education and training. According to this view, education
should be considered a system in which machines, materials, media, men and
methods are interrelated parts and are organized in such a way as they work
together for the fulfillment of specific educational objectives. Educational
technology, according to this view, implies planning, implementing and evaluating
a system in education according to scientific principles so as to best achieve the
educational objectives.
WIDER MEANING OF EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY
The National Council Of Educational Technology Report-U.K (1969)gives the
wider meaning of educational technology in these words, ”It perhaps needs to be
reiterated that the council sees educational technology as having a wider
connotation than simply the use of electromechanical and other aids in teaching. it
places as much stress on educational ideas as on technological inventions, largely
because it accepts the fundamental advances usually come from the interaction of

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changing concepts (leading to new ways of looking at things) with changing
techniques(leading to new ways of doing things)”
OBJECTIVES OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
Educational technology, in the capacity of technology of education, provides
valuable help in the total teaching-learning process for achieving the best possible
results in an economic way through the available human and non-human resources.
In this respect, the major objectives of education technology can be summarized as
follows:
Objectives at macro level:
In the view of the broad educational goals, i.e. the macro level, the objectives of
educational technology can be listed in the following way:
 To identify educational needs and aspirations of the community.
 To determine the aims of education, broad strategies and structure of
education.
 To develop a suitable curriculum with interaction of science, art and human
values.
 To identify man-material resources and strategies for achieving stipulated
aims of education.
 To develop certain models leading to improvement of process of teaching
and learning.
 To develop the appropriate aids and equipments to meet the educational
purposes.
 To identify major constraints in the environment and the ways and means to
tackle those.
 To help in extending educational opportunities to the masses especially the
neglected section of the community.

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 To manage the all educational system covering planning implementation and
evaluation phases.
Objectives at the Micro Level:
In the view of the specific classroom teaching, i.e. the micro level, the objectives of
educational technology are as follows:
 To identify and analyse the characteristics and educational needs of the
pupils.
 To determine the specific classroom objectives and state them in behavioural
terms
 To analyse the content of the instruction and organise in a proper sequence
 To identify the available teaching learning material and resources
 To identify the nature of the interaction of the subsystems like students,
teachers, teaching learning material, content of instruction and
methodologies.
 To plan the teaching strategies and utilise the man material resources for
achieving specific classroom objectives.
 To evaluate the effectiveness of classroom teaching in the terms of the
pupils performance or change in behaviour.

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SCOPE OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
Scope of educational technology is as wide as education itself. Its scope ranges
from the concrete educational process to the most abstract and subtle once. It
includes use of hardware and software and system analysis in various system
operations. The possibilities of using educational technology in almost all areas of
education has been and being explored. There are three major areas in education in
which its copies very wide. These are:
 Technology related to general educational administration and management.
 Technology related to general educational testing.
 Technology related to the instructional process
Rawntra has stated the following as the proving of educational technologies
 Identify aims and objectives of learning
 Planning the learning environment
 Exploring and structuring the subject matter
 Selecting appropriate teaching strategies and learning media.
 Evaluating the effectiveness of learning system
 Using the insights gained from evaluation to improve their effectiveness for
the future
Important areas which should comprises educational technology area as under:
 Concept and various facts of educational technology
 Teaching learning process
 Individualised instructional technology
 Programmed learning
 Teaching models
 Learning theories

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 Multimedia approach to teaching.
 Mathematics
 Cybernetics
 Task analysis
 Module
 System approach

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CONCLUSION
Education as a broad discipline that is responsible for changing behaviour of
individual with the help of suitable method, strategies and techniques of teaching and
learning. Education is the process of acquiring and imparting cognitive, affective,
psychomotor development on the part of the learner with a suitable strategy. Education
is a discipline which is both science and art. It is a mixture of science of learning and
arty of teaching.
Technology refers to the techniques as also the technical contrivances. A systematic
way of applying the techniques to achieve an objective is as important as the use of
technical equipment for the same. As a matter of fact, techniques are reckoned as the
software and the equipment as the hardware of technology. Technology results in new
designs and devices as also new ideas and processes. Each new physical device is
accompanied by a new set of procedures and techniques. For example, the
development of telephone has led to phone books, answering machines, fax, telephone
shopping, etc. The hard component (physical device) for the purpose of study.

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REFERENCE
1. “Essentials of Educational technology” -S.K Mangal,Uma Mangal.
2. “Teaching Learning Process” -Dr. J. S Walia.
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