The document discusses the roles and functions of educational technology in 21st century education. It outlines that 21st century education aims to prepare students to succeed in an increasingly competitive world by developing proficiency in 21st century skills and maximizing the use of technology to support innovative teaching and learning. Instruction should be student-centered and collaborative, where students learn how to acquire new information and solve problems on their own or together. Technology allows constant access to information and social interaction, and aids important functions of education like improving teaching, learning, developing curriculum and materials, and training teachers.

1. Roles and Functions of Educational Technology in 21st Century Education
Alcain P. Flores
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• 1. what do we mean by 21st century? “Learners in the 21st century aims to catch the torch they
deserve ” 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 21st
century education system, about making sure that all students are prepared to succeed in a
competitive world about maximizing the impact of technology to develop proficiency in 21st century
skills support innovative teaching and learning create robust education support systems
• 2. Schools and Teachers are trying to figure out what their role needs to be in the education of their
21st century students The role of education is to prepare students to become active, successful, and
contributing members of society
• 3. Consideration when deciding how education will look in schools and classroom instruction
should be student- centered education should be collaborative learning should have context
• 4. 1. Instruction should be student- centered • Student-centered learning is strongly encouraged in
the 21st century. • In order to contribute to society, students will need to be able to acquire new
information as problems arise. They will need to connect the new information with the knowledge
they already have and apply it to solving the problem at hand. They will not be able to call upon a
teacher for answers, so will need to have “learned how to learn” on their own. • The teacher would
act as a facilitator for the students.
• 5. 2. Education should be collaborative Students must learn how to collaborate with others. Society
today has people collaborating across the globe. 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. Schools should also be
collaborating with other educational institutions around the world to share information and learn
about different practices or methods that have been developed. They should be willing to alter their
instructional methods in light of new advancements.
• 6. 3. Learning should have context • Teachers should take a more general approach and teach
them the skills that are useful in any situation; • Lessons have little purpose if they do not have any
impact in a student’s life outside of the school
• 7. Roles of Technology in 21st Century Learning Technology allows for 24/7 access to information
Constant social interaction Easily created and shared digital content
• 8. Important Functions of Educational Technology

2. • 9. Improvement of Teaching Analysis of the Teaching-Learning Process Improvement of Learning
• 10. Enhancing Goals of Education Training to Teachers Development of Curriculum
• 11. Development of Teaching-Learning Materials Teaching Learning Strategies