ROLES AND FUNCTIONS OF EDUCATIONAL

TECHNOLOGY IN THE 21st CENTURY LEARNING

ROLES OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

Education is no longer about listening to the teacher talk and absorbing the information.

1.Instruction should be student centered

Students should be encouraged to work together to discover information, piece it together, and construct meaning.

2.Education should be collaborative

Teachers need to take a more general approach and teach the students skills that are useful in any situation.

3.Learning should have context

IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

Educational Technology analyses the process 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 principles of teaching, maxims of teaching etc.

1.Improvement of Teaching

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, relationship etc. It also concerned with various phases of teaching.

2.Analysis of the Teaching-Learning

Process

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

3.Improvement of Learning

Educational technology helps in finding out the right objectives. Every thing in this universe is undergoing tremendous changes and with a very fast speed. Educational technology helps in enhancing the right objectives in the light of the changed circumstances and changed environment.

4.Enhancing Goals of Education

The changed typed of environment with new curriculum and new materials, is to be handled by the teachers . Right type of training to the teachers is the need of the hour .Educational Technology can render it’s valuable help in the training of the teachers .

5. Training to Teachers

Curriculum is the total teaching-learning environment , which has to be modified and remodeled in the light of latest thoughts . Educational technology can do this job of developing a suitable curriculum appropriately .

6. Development of Curriculum

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 . Everything in the society including values of life need be reflected in the materials .

7. Development of Teaching-Learning Materials

The strategy has to be right one , which should be according to the materials and is able to bring about effective teaching learning. The different strategies are being evolved by educational technology.

8. Teaching-Learning Strategies

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 typed of teaching-learning environment.

9. Development of Audio-Visual Aids

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 is better control over the process of education.

10. Help in Over all Improvement

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 aims at identifying the needs of the community from time to time and then it tries to improve the community in every possible way.

11. Identification of Needs of the Community