This document discusses educational technology and its objectives. It defines educational technology as the application of science and engineering principles to education through mechanical or electronic tools used for instructional purposes. The key objectives of educational technology are to maximize learning outcomes by controlling relevant factors like purpose, content, teaching materials, environment, and student behaviors. Educational technology has a wide scope that includes using hardware, software, and systems analysis across administration, testing, and the educational process itself.

1. GOPIKA NAIR B M
NO: 21
SOCIAL SCIENCE
EMMANUAL COLLEGE VAZHICHAL

4. INTRODUCTION
Educational technology refer to
application of Physical science and engineering
technology to provide mechanical or electro –mechanical
tool, instrumentation or ‘Hardware’ which can used for
instructionalpurpose. This is the view of “James .O. Finn’
and other (1960) for the “Audio visual education”
movement and by the electronic communication industry.
Educational technology is an applied or practical study
which aims at maximizing educations effects controlling
such relevant factors as educational purpose,educational
content, teaching material, educational environment,
content of students, an important component of the
educational technology should be the generation of
relevant and culturally compatible educational programs.

5. Meaning of Education Technology
Education Technology a System of 5m’s. Education
Technology is a system in education in which.
1) Machines
2) Materials
3) Media
4) Men
5) methods
They are inter- related and work together for
the fulfillment of specific educational objective.
Education Technology is an applied or practical study
which aims at maximizing educational effects by
“controlling” such relevant factors as educational
purposes, educational content, teaching materials,
education environmental, content of students, behaviors
of Instructors and interrelations between students and
instructors.

6. Objectives of Educational Technology
According to “Hillard Jason” the main
Objectives are:
1) Transmission of information
2) Serving as a role models
3) Assisting the practice of specific
skills.
4) Contribution to the provision of
Feedback.
“Mackenzie” and others describe the
following four main objectives of educational
Technology.
1)The need to reach more students.
2)To reach them with an improved
range of learning materials.
3)To offer greater opportunities for
independent study
4)To permit at least a limited student
response.

7. Macro Level Objectives of Educational Technology
(Objectives in terms of broad educational goals)
1)Identification of educationalneeds & aspirations
the community
2)Determination of the aims of education, broad
strategies and structure of education.
3)Identification of man- material resources &
strategies for achieving the desired aims of
education.
Micro Level Objectives of Educational Technology
(Objectives in terms of specific class room teaching)
1)To identifying the educational needs of the
learner.
2)Determining the specific class-room objectives
stating them in behavioral terms.
3)Identifying the available teaching – learning
materials and resources.

8. Scope of Educational Technology
Scope of educational the
technology is a wide as education itself. Its scope ranges
from the concreteeducational process to the must abstract
and subtle ones. It includes the use of hardware and
software and system analysis in various educational
operations. The possibility of using educational
technology in almost all areas of education has been and
is being explored. There are three major areas in
education it’s. Scope is very wide.
There are:
1)Technology related to general educational
administration and management.
2)Technology related to general educational
testing.
3)Technology related to the educational process.

9. CONCLUTION
Education Technology is an applied or practical study
which aims at maximizing educational effects. In this
technological era the evolution of terms like chemical
technology, printing technology, leather technology, bio-
technology etc…., has affected the field of education to
give wide currency to the concept of education
technology. The possibility of using educational
technology in almost all areas of education has been and
is being explored.
REFERENCE
1) Essentials of Educational Technology Innovations in
Teaching Learning, Second edition: “J C Aggarwal”.