The document discusses the roles and functions of educational technology in the 21st century. It states that technology should be used comprehensively to develop 21st century skills, support innovative teaching and learning, and create robust education support systems. It also notes that instruction should be student-centered, education should be collaborative, and learning should have context. Additionally, the document outlines important functions of educational technology such as improving teaching and learning, enhancing educational goals, training teachers, developing curriculum and teaching materials, and identifying community needs.

1. ROLES AND FUNCTIONS OF
EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY IN
THE 21ST CENTURY

2. INTRODUCTION
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
is about making sure that all students are prepared
to succeed in a competitive world- a world with
plenty of opportunities for highly skilled
individuals and limited options for everyone else.
It’s about maximizing the impact of technology to
develop proficiency in 21st century skills, support
innovative teaching and learning, and create robust
education support systems.

3. In order to prepare students students to play their role in the 21st
century society we are a part of the, following can be considered
when when deciding how education will look in our schools and
classrooms:
Instruction should be student
centered.

4. •Education should be collaborative

5. •Learning should have context

6. Technology is a tool, a way for fact-
based learning and and allows
students to do a lot of the research
using the Internet and various tools.
And at the same time these students
are learning very valuable research
skills, which they can transplant at
high levels of education, at
universities and beyond.

7. The Role of Technology in 21st Century
Learning
 Technology allows for 24/7 access to
information
 Constant social interaction, and
 Easily created and shared digital content.

8. There is a call for action to integrate technology as a
fundamental building block into education in three
broad areas:
1. Use technology comprehensively to
develop proficiency in 21st century
skills.

9. 2. Use technology comprehensively to support
innovative teaching and learning.

10. 3.Use technology comprehensively to
create robust education support systems.

11. Important functions of Educational
Technology
1.Improvement of Teaching
Education Technology analyses the process of teaching
thoroughly.
2.Analysis of the Teaching-Learning Process
Educational Technology aims at analyzing the process
of teaching-learning thoroughly.
3.Improvement of Learning
Educational Technology analyses the process of learning
and the related theories.

12. 4.Enhancing Goals of Education
4.Enhancing Goals of Education
The objectives of education are being reviewed and
revised with the passage of time.
5.Training to Teachers
The changed type of environment with new curriculum
and new materials is to be handled by the teachers.
6.Development of Curriculum

13. Keeping in view the objectives of education, which
been finalized by education technology thereafter,
comes the question of developing right type of
curriculum.
7.Development of Teaching-Learning
Materials
Teaching-learning materials are also as important as
anything else in the teaching learning process.

14. 8.Teaching-Learning Strategies
A strategy plays an important role in the hands of a
teacher in every teaching-learning situation.
9.Development of Audio-Visual Aids
Audio-Visual aids have always played an important
role in the teaching-learning process.

15. 10.Help in Overall Improvements
Educational Technology helps in locating the problems
in the different areas of education. It also helps in
remedying the draw-backs.
11.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.

17. THANK YOU
PREPARED BY: GRETCHEN A. ALIGWAY
SUBMITTED TO: MISS ESTELA TEO BALBUENA