scope of educational technology including the roles of educational technology reference: Basic concepts in educational technology 1 by Ballado

1. Scope of Educational
Technology

2. Along with the concept of educational
technology, several other terms are used to
denote its scope, such as the following:Instructional
Technology
Instructional Media
Instructional Aids
Audiovisual Aids
Instructional Materials

3. Technology
Inclusive are those
aspects of educational
technology that are
primarily concerned
with instructional or
the teaching-learning
process rather than the

4. Instructional
Media
These are the means of
communication
available for
educational purposes
other than the teacher.
The term media
emphasizes the

5. Instructional
Aids
The term aids emphasize the assistance
or help of the instructional media in
bringing out an effective teaching-
learning situation.

6. Audiovisual
Aids
These are materials for instruction that
employ the use of the sense of sight,
hearing or the combination of these
modalities.

7. Instructional
Materials
These are the tools or equipment used
by the teachers as media to aid in the
teaching-learning process

8. The Roles of Educational
Technology

9. Educational technology aims for
the improvement of the teaching-
learning process. This can be
achieved through the following
ways:
Increase in the student’s quality of learning
Decrease in the time spent in learning
Increase in the efficiency of teachers in the
classroom

10. Heinich et. Al 1996 identified the
following roles of instructional media
in teaching-learning process.• Properly designed instructional media can
enhance and promote learning and support
teacher-based instruction.
• Media can be used effectively in formal
education situation where a teacher is not
available or working with other students.

11. In distance
education, a
growing
instructional
approach
nowadays, course

12. Green (1972) posted the major
attributes that media possess, and these
are:• Media can create learning situations that
cannot otherwise be accomplished like bring
past, current and distant events in the
classroom.
• Media can be used to present information in
a variety of ways which best meet particular
learning objectives.

13. • Media can learning be more effective by
increasing the realism, the dynamics and
the attitudinal impact, thus increasing the
motivation to learn.
• Some media such as television, can make the
best teachers and learning situation
available to more students than would
otherwise be possible.
• By using media, some educational objectives

14. Benefits of Instructional Media
1. Standardization of the delivery of
instruction.
2. More attention-grabbing instruction.
3. More retention in learning.
4. Reduced length of time required for
instruction.
5. More interactive learning.

15. 8. Shift of role of teachers from instructors
to facilitators.
9. Individualization of learning.
10. More multi-sensory learning.