Educational technology aims to improve the teaching and learning process in several key ways: it thoroughly analyzes teaching and develops theories to improve education quality; it establishes better relationships between teaching and learning by analyzing the process; and it draws from various fields like psychology and engineering to improve learning. Educational technology also helps enhance education goals over time, train teachers for new curricula and materials, develop curricula and teaching materials tailored to learners, evolve effective teaching strategies using audiovisual aids, and identify community needs to improve education overall.

1. “Important
functions of
educational
technology”

2. Improvements of teaching
 Educational Technology analyses the
process of teaching thoroughly.
 By developing the theories of teaching,
it helps in improving the quality of
education.

3. Analysis of the Teaching-Learning Process
Educational Technology aims at analyzing the
process of teaching-learning thoroughly.
Over all, it tries to establish better relationship
between teaching and learning.

4. Improvement of Learning
Educational Technology analyses the process of
learning and related theories.
Established generalizations from psychology,
sociology, physical sciences,engineering etc.

5. Enhancing Goals of Education
The objectives of education are being reviewed and
revised with the passage of time.
Everything in this universe is undergoing tremendous
changes and with the very fast speed.

6. Training to Teachers
 The change type of environment with new
curriculum and new materials is to be handle by
the teachers.
 Educational technology can render its valuable
help in the training of teachers also.

7. Development of curriculum
 Keeping the view the objectives of education which
have been finalized by education technology.
 Curriculum is the total teaching-learning
environment, which has to be modified and
remodeled in the light of latest thoughts.

8. Development of teaching-learning materials
 Teaching-learning martials is also important as
anything else in the teaching-learning process.
 They have to be in accordance with the environment
of the learners.

9. Teaching-Learning Strategies
 A strategy plays an important role in the hands of the
teacher in every teaching-learning situation.
 The different strategies are being evolved by
educational technology.

10. Development of Audio-Visual Aids
 Audio-Visual aids have always played an important role in
the teaching-learning process.
 They need to be used according to the times.

11. Help in overall Improvement
 Educational technology help in locating the
problems in the different areas of the education.
 Thus, technology education can revolutionize the
whole process of teaching learning.

12. Identification of Needs of the community
 Educational Technology identifies of the
community.
 Educational technology aims at identifying the
needs of the community from time to time. Then
tries to improve the community in every possible
way.