Roles and function of educational technology in 21st century
Roles and Function of Educational Technology in the 21st Century Education
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ROLES AND FUNCTION OF EDUCATIOANAL
TECHNOLOGY IN THE 21st CENTURY EDUCATION
As always , at its core , the role of education is to prepare students
to become active , successful , and contributing members of the
society. In order to prepare students to play their role in the 21st century society we are part
of, the following can be considered when deciding how
education will look in our schools and classrooms.
INSTRUCTION SHOULD BE STUDENT-CENTERED
• Instead of passively receiving information , the students would gather information their own , under the guidance of their teacher. Different learning styles are encouraged, and the students have an enhanced sense of motivation and responsibility. They engage in many different types of hands –on activities , as well as demonstration
learning in many different ways . Learning is about discovery , not the memorization of facts
EDUCATION SHOULD BE COLLABORATIVE
• Students must learn how to collaborate with others. Students
should be encouraged to work together to discover information, piece it together, and construct
meaning.
LEARNING SHOULD HAVE CONTEXT
• While student 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
The Role of Technology in 21st Century Learning
1.Technology allows for 24/7 access to information
2.Constant social interaction; and
3.Easily created and shared digital content.
THREE BROAD AREAS:
•Use technology comprehensively to
develop proficiency in the 21st century skills.•Use technology
comprehensively to support innovation
teaching and learning.•Use technology
comprehensively to create robust education
support system.
Important Functions
of Educational Technology
1.Improvement of Teaching2.Analysis of the teaching
Learning Process3.Improvement of Learning
4.Enhancing Goals of Education
5.Training to teachers
6. Development of curriculum7. Development of teaching
learning materials 8. Teaching-Learning Strategies9.Develoment of Audio –visual
aids10. Help in over all improvement11. Identification of needs of the
community
Improvement of Teaching• Educational technology analyses
the process of teaching thoroughly. It tries to find out the
different variables of teaching their interlinks , effects upon each
other.
Analysis of the Teaching-Learning Process
•Educational Technology aims at analyzing the process of teaching learning thoroughly.
Improvement of Learning•Educational Technology
analyses the process of learning
and the related theories
Enhancing Goals of Education
•The objective of education are being
reviewed and revised with the passage of
time.
Training of Teachers• The changed type of environment
with new curriculum and new materials is to be handled
by the teachers.
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
Development of Teaching –Learning Materials• Teaching –Learning materials are also as
important as anything else in teaching learning process.
Teaching –Learning Strategies
•A strategy plays an important role in the
hands of the teacher in very teaching –
learning situation.
Development of Audio-Visual Aids
• Audio – Visual aids have always played an important role in teaching learning
process.
Help in Overall Improvement•Educational
Technology helps in locating the problems in different areas of
education.
Identification of Needs Of the Community
• It helps in providing equal education
opportunities to backward people , disadvantaged student and deprived section of the society.