This document discusses the role of educational technology in learning. It outlines how technology can play both a traditional role by delivering instructional lessons, as well as a constructivist role by serving as a partner in the learning process or a medium for representing what students know and are learning. From a constructivist perspective, technology can support knowledge construction by representing student ideas and understanding, act as an information vehicle for exploring knowledge, provide contexts for problem solving and simulations, enable social learning through collaboration, and serve as an intellectual partner that helps students articulate and reflect on what they have learned. When used effectively, research shows technology can increase student learning, understanding, achievement, motivation, and support critical thinking and problem solving skills.

1. Presenters:
Kaye U. Alejandrino
Donnavie R. Bacaoco
Shannon Lyn L. Nombrado

2. Lesson 3:
The Role of Educational
Technology in learning

4. “Technology makes the
world a better place.”

5. YES!!! or NO???

7. Activity: 
oThink of a learning
experience that the use
of “technology” helped
you learn.

9. Technology can…….
Play a traditional role. A
delivery vehicles for
instructional lessons.

11. Technology serves
as a teacher.

13. Constructivist role……
•or a partner in the
learning process.

14. •Technology is a learning
tool to learn with, not
from.

15. •Technology serves as a
medium in representing
what the learners knows
and he/she is learning.

17. Technology like
“COMPUTERS” is seen as
a productivity tool.
* Word Processing
* databases

18. *Spreadsheets
*Graphic programs
*Desktop Publishing

19. With the eruption of
“INTERNET” in mid 90’s
communications and
multimedia have
dominated the role of
technology inside the
classroom.

20. Cont…
Active, constructive,
intentional, authentic, and
cooperative learning. It
provides opportunities for
technology and learner
interaction for meaningful
learning.

21. From a constructivist
perspective, the following
are role of technology in
learning: (Jonassen, et al
1999)

22. Technology as tools
to support
knowledge
construction…..

23. For representing learners’
ideas, understanding and
beliefs for organized,
multimedia knowledge bases
by learners.

24. Technology as information
vehicles for exploring
knowledge to support
learning by constructing:

25. For accessing needed
information.

26. For comparing
perspectives, beliefs and
world views.

27. Technology as context to support
learning-by-doing:
For representing and
simulating meaning realworld problems,
situations and context.

28. For representing
beliefs, perspectives,
arguments, and stories
of others.

29. For defining a safe,
controllable problem
space for student
thinking.

30. Technology as a social medium to
support learning by conversing:
For collaborating with
others.

31. •For discussing, arguing,
and building consensus
among members of a
community.

32. •For supporting discourse
among knowledgebuilding communities.

33. Technology as intellectual partner
(Jonassen 1996) to support learning by
reflecting:
•For helping learners to
articulate and represent
what they know.

34. For reflecting on what
they have learned and
how they came to know
it.

35. For supporting learners
internal negotiations
and meaning making.

36. For constructing
personal
representations of
meaning for supporting
mindful thinking.

37. Whether used from the
traditional or constructivist point
of view, when USED effectively.
Research indicates that
technology “increases students’
learning, understanding, and
achievements

38. but also their motivation to
learn, encourage
collaborative learning and
supports the development of
critical thinking and problem
solving skills.”

40. References:
Educational Technology 1
Brenda B. Corpuz, Ph.D
Paz I. Lucido
Images:
www.google.com

41. Thank you! 