Student-centered learning is encouraged in 21st century education, with students gathering information under teacher guidance rather than only receiving lectures. Students should learn collaboration, working together to discover, analyze, and understand information. Learning works best when it provides context students can apply to their lives. Technology allows constant access to information and interaction, and easy creation and sharing of digital content. It serves important functions like improving teaching and learning, enhancing educational goals, training teachers, developing curriculum and materials, and revolutionizing the teaching-learning process overall.

1. ROLES AND FUNCTION
TECHNOLOGY IN THE
21st CENTURY
EDUCATION

2. INSTRUCTION SHOULD
BE STUDENT
CENTERED
Student-centered learning is strongly
encourage in the 21st century, this
does not mean that the teacher can
never give a lecture again. The
students would gather information on
their own, under the guidance of their
teacher.

3. EDUCATION SHOULD
BE COLLABORATIVE
Student must learn how to collaborate
with others. Students should be
encourage to work together to
discover information, piece it
together, and construct meaning.
They should be willing to alter their
instructional methods in light of new
advancements.

4. LEARNING SHOULD
HAVE CONTEXT
Student-centered does not mean that
the teacher gives up all control of the
classroom. Students will be much
more motivated to learn something
that they can be applied on their lives.
Technology is a tool, a way for a fact-
based learning and allows student to
do a lot of research using the internet
tools.

5. THE ROLES OF TECHNOLOGY IN
21StCENTURY
 Technology allows for 24|7 access to
information
 Constant social interaction, and
 Easily created and shared digital content.

6. IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS
OF
EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

7. IMPROVEMENT OF
TEACHING
It tries to find out the different
variables of teaching, their interlinks,
effects upon each other,
relationships, theories of teaching,
phases of principle of teaching,
maxims of teaching.

8. ANALYSIS OF THE TEACHING-
LEARNING PROCESS
Educational technology aims at
analyzing the process of teaching-
learning thoroughly. It concerned with
various phases of teaching. It tries to
establish better relationship between
teaching and learning.

9. IMPROVEMENT OF
LEARNING
Educational technology analyses
the process of learning and the
related theories. It takes the help of
various empirically established
generalization from psychology,
sociology, physical sciences, and
engineering.

10. ENHANCING GOALS OF
EDUCATION
Educational technology helps in
finding out the right objectives.
Educational technology helps in
enhancing the right objectives in the
light of the changed circumstances
and changed environment.

11. TRAINING TO
TEACHERS
The changed type of environment
with new curriculum and new
materials is to be handled by the
teachers. Educational technology can
render its valuable help in training of
teacher.

12. DEVELOPMENT OF
CURRICULUM
A suitable type of curriculum will help
in attainment of goals. Curriculum is
the total teaching–learning
environment, which has to be
modified and remodeled in the light of
latest thoughts.

13. DEVELOPMENT OF TEACHING-
LEARNING MATERIALS
Teaching-learning materials are also
important as anything else in the
teaching-learning process. Everything
in the society including values of life
need be reflected in the materials.

14. TEACHING-LEARNING
STRATEGIES
A strategy plays an important role in
the hands of a teacher in every
teaching-learning situation. The
different strategies are being evolved
by educational technology.

15. DEVELOPMENT OF
AUDIO-VISUAL AIDS
Audio-visual aids have always played
an important role in the teaching-
learning process. The software aids,
the hardware aids, the computer and
other such appliances, equipment. To
be used in the present type of
teaching-learning environment.

16. HELP IN OVERALL
IMPROVEMENT
Educational technology helps in
locating the problems in the different
areas of education. Evaluation of
teaching-learning process is also
made better because through
feedback. Educational technology can
revolutionize the whole process of
teaching learning.

17. IDENTIFICATION OF
NEEDS IF THE
COMMUNITY
Educational technology identifies the
needs of the community. Educational
technology aims at identifying the
needs of community from time to
time.