Educational technology plays important functions in 21st century education including improving teaching and learning, enhancing educational goals, training teachers, developing curricula and teaching materials, establishing teaching strategies, and developing audiovisual aids. It helps analyze the teaching and learning processes, facilitate learning gains, and support the overall improvement of the educational system.

1. Roles and Functions of Educational
Technology in the 21st Century
Education
The term “21st century” has become the central part of educational thinking
and planning for the future. Administrators and Teachers are actively
searching for ways to prepare students for the future, and the educational
system has been evolving faster than ever before. Creating a competitive
world-a world with plenty of opportunities for highly skilled individuals and
limited options for everyone else.
 Globalization has opened up the world and allowed people to connect in
new and exciting ways.
 We blend traditions and create unique belief system that are not taught in
any classroom, but are developed through our life experiences and passions
The term “21st century” has become the central part of educational thinking
and planning for the future. Administrators and Teachers are actively
searching for ways to prepare students for the future, and the educational
system has been evolving faster than ever before. Creating a competitive
world-a world with plenty of opportunities for highly skilled individuals and
limited options for everyone else.
 Globalization has opened up the world and allowed people to connect in
new and exciting ways.
 We blend traditions and create unique belief system that are not taught in
any classroom, but are developed through our life experiences and passions

2. InstructionShouldbestudent–
centered
-The days of lecturing teachers has passed-though
not entirely. While student-centered learning is
strongly encouraged in the 21st century, this does
not mean that the teacher can never give a lecture
again.Education is no longer about listening to the
teacher talk and absorbing the information.In order
to contribute to society, students will need to be able
to acquire new information as problems arise.
-The days of lecturing teachers has passed-though not
entirely. While student-centered learning is strongly
encouraged in the 21st century, this does not mean that
the teacher can never give a lecture again.Education is no
longer about listening to the teacher talk and absorbing
the information.In order to contribute to society, students
will need to be able to acquire new information as
problems arise.
Instruction should be student –
centered

3. Education should be collaborative
• Students must learn how to collaborate with
others.Society today has people collaborating across
the globe.How can students be expected to work with
people from other cultures,with different values from
their own,if they are not able to work with the people
they see each day in their classroom?Students should
be encouraged to work together to discover
information,piece it together and construct
meaning.Collaboration should also be
dynamic.Students should learn how to recognize the
different strengths and talents each person can bring to
a project and change roles depending on those
attributes.
Education should be
collaborative

4. Learning should have context
-Student –centered does not mean that the teacher gives up all control of
the classroom.While students are encouraged to learn in different
ways,the teacher still provides guidance as to the skills that need to be
acquired.The teacher can make a point of helping students to understand
how the skills they are building can be applied in their lives.
-Students will be much more motivated to learn something that they can
see the value in.
The Role of Technology in 21st Century Learning:
1. Technology allows 24/7 access to information.
2. Constant social interaction,and
3.Easily created and shared digital content.
Learning should have
context

5. Use technology Comprehensively to
develop proficiency in 21st century
skills.
-knowledge of core content is
necessarily, but no longer
sufficient, for success in a
competitive world.
- Even if all students mastered
core academic subjects, they still
would be woefully
underprepared to succeed in
postsecondary institutions and
workplaces, which increasingly
value people who can use their
knowledge to communicate,
collaborate, analyze, create,
innovate and solve problems.
-knowledge of core content is necessarily, but no longer
sufficient, for success in a competitive world.
- Even if all students mastered core academic subjects, they
still would be woefully underprepared to succeed in
postsecondary institutions and workplaces, which increasingly
value people who can use their knowledge to communicate,
collaborate, analyze, create, innovate and solve problems.
Use technology Comprehensively to develop
proficiency in 21st century skills.

6. Use technology comprehensively to
support innovative teaching and
learning
- to keep pace with a changing
world, school need to offer
more rigorous, relevant and
engaging opportunities for
students to learn-and to apply
their knowledge and skills in
meaningful ways.
Use technology comprehensively to
support innovative teaching and
learning

7. Use technology comprehensively to create
robust education support systems.
Used comprehensively,
technology transforms
standards and
assessment, curriculum
and instruction,
professional
development, learning
environment, and
administration.

8. Important functions of
Educational
Technology
Important functions of
Educational Technology

9. Improvement of Teaching
- Educational Technology analyses of
teaching thoroughly, It tries to find out the
different variables of teaching their interlinks,
effects upon each other, relationships,
theories of teaching phases of teaching
principle of teaching, maxims of teaching etc.
- Educational Technology analyses of
teaching thoroughly, It tries to find out
the different variables of teaching their
interlinks, effects upon each other,
relationships, theories of teaching phases
of teaching principle of teaching, maxims
of teaching etc.

10. Analysis of the Teaching-Learning
Process
educational technology aims at analyzing the
process of teaching learning thoroughly, It
tries to find out the different variables of
teaching their interlinks effects upon each
other, relations etc.

11. Improvement of Learning
 Educational Technology analyses the process
of learning and the related theories.
 it facilitates more and more in learning in less
time.
 It takes the help of various empirically
established generalizations from psychology,
sociology , physical sciences, engineering etc.
 Educational Technology analyses the
process of learning and the related
theories.
 it facilitates more and more in
learning in less time.
 It takes the help of various
empirically established generalizations
from psychology, sociology , physical
sciences, engineering etc.
Improvement of
Learning

12. Enhancing Goals Of
Education
-the objective of educations are being
reviewed and revised with a passage a time.
-educational technology helps in finding out
the right objectives.
-educational technology helps in enhancing
the right objectives in the light of the right
objectives in the light of the changed
circumstances and changed environment.
-the objective of educations are being
reviewed and revised with a passage a time.
-educational technology helps in finding
out the right objectives.
-educational technology helps in
enhancing the right objectives in the light of
the right objectives in the light of the changed
circumstances and changed environment.
Enhancing Goals Of
Education

13. Training to Teachers
- the changed type environment with new
curriculum and new materials is to be handled
by the teachers.
-educational technology can render its
valuable help in the training of teachers also.

14. Development of Curriculum
-Keeping in view the objectives of education,
which have been finalized by education
technology thereafter, comes the question of
developing right type of curriculum. Only a
suitable type of curriculum will help in the
attachment of goals.
-Keeping in view the objectives of
education, which have been
finalized by education
technology thereafter, comes the
question of developing right type
of curriculum. Only a suitable
type of curriculum will help in
the attachment of goals.
Development of Curriculum

15. Development of Teaching-Learning
Materials
-Teaching-learning materials are also as
important as anything else in the teaching-
learning process. They have to be in
accordance with the environment of the
learners. In this age of science and technology,
the materials of teaching cannot be
unscientific.
-Teaching-learning materials are also
as important as anything else in the
teaching-learning process. They have
to be in accordance with the
environment of the learners. In this
age of science and technology, the
materials of teaching cannot be
unscientific.
Development of Teaching-Learning
Materials

16. Teaching-Learning Strategies
-A strategy plays an important role in the
hands of a teacher in every teaching-learning
situation. The strategy has to be right one,
which should be according to the materials
and is able to bring about effective teaching
learning.
-A strategy plays an important role in the hands
of a teacher in every teaching-learning
situation. The strategy has to be right one, which
should be according to the materials and is able
to bring about effective teaching learning.
Teaching-Learning
Strategies

17. Development of Audio-Visual
Aids
-Audio-Visual aids have always played an
important role in the teaching-learning
process. They need be used according to the
times. The software aids, the hardware aids,
the computer and other such appliances,
equipment etc., have “to be used in the
present type of teaching-learning
environment.
-Audio-Visual aids have always played an
important role in the teaching-learning process.
They need be used according to the times. The
software aids, the hardware aids, the computer
and other such appliances, equipment etc., have
“to be used in the present type of teaching-
learning environment.
Development of Audio-Visual
Aids

18. Help in Overall Improvement
-Educational technology helps in locating the
problems in the different areas of education.
It also helps in remedying the draw-backs.
Evaluation of the teaching-learning process is
also made better because through feedback,
things are improved thoroughly and there
better control over the process of education.
Educational technology helps in
locating the problems in the different
areas of education. It also helps in
remedying the draw-backs. Evaluation
of the teaching-learning process is also
made better because through
feedback, things are improved
thoroughly and there better control
over the process of education.
Help in Overall Improvement

19. Identification of Needs of the
Community
-educational Technology identifies the needs
of the community. It helps in providing equal
education opportunities to backward people,
disadvantaged students and deprived sections
of the society.
- Educational technology identifies
the needs of the community. It
helps in providing equal education
opportunities to backward
people, disadvantaged students
and deprived sections of the
society.
Identification of Needs of the
Community

20. Name: Richell S. Baculao
BEED-2
EDUC. 2D
Schedule: M.T.W.TH.F. (9:30-10-30)