ROLES AND FUNCTIONS OF EDUCATIONAL TEACHNOLOGY

IN THE 21ST CENTURY EDUCATION

1. INSTRUCTION SHOULD BE STUDENT-CENTERED

Student-Centred instruction (SCI) is a teaching strategy that fundamentally breaks many of the traditional boundaries governing the manners in which students have-by the large-been conditioned and expected to learn for centuries.

It shift the focuses of activity from the teacher to the learners. These method include active learning , in which students solve problem, answer question, formulate question of their own , discuss , explain , debate or brainstorming during class; cooperative learning, in which students work in terms on problems and projects under conditions that a sure both positive interdependence and individual accountability; and inductive teaching and learning , in which students are first presented with challenges (questions or problems)and learn the course material in context of addressing the challenges.

WHAT IS STUDENT-CENTERED LEARNING?

Information and content are relevant and interesting to the students . Content is built to expand on their current knowledge base . Focuses on the student rather than the transmission of information. Students can experiment with their learning. Learning is more meaningful. Students are more engaged . Learning is deeper and long term because they were able to relate it to their own

ideas and experiences.

EDUCATION SHOULD BE COLLABORATIVE

In which students team together to explore a significant question or create a meaningful project. A group of students discussing a lecture or students from different schools working together over the internet on a shared assignment are both examples of collaborative learning.

Students must learn how to cooperate with others to gather information or ideas from other peoples point of view.

In small groups, students can share strengths and also develop their weaker skills . They develop their interpersonal skills. They learn to deal with conflict. When cooperative groups are guided by clear objectives, students engage in numerous activities that improve their understanding of subject explored.

Learning should have context

Students are encouraged to learn in different ways, the teacher will provides guidance as to skills that need to be acquired. The teacher can make a point of helping the students to understand how skills they are building can be applied in their lives.

Students will be much more motivated to learn something that they can see the value in.

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.

FUNDAMENTAL BUILDING BLOCK INTO EDUCATION IN THREE

BROAD AREAS:A. Use technology comprehensively to develop

proficiency in 21st century skills.

Even if all students mastered core academic subjects, they still wou7ld be woefully underprepared to succeed in post secondary institutions and workplaces, which increasingly value people who can use their knowledge to communicate, collaborate, comprehensively, technology helps students develop 21st century skills.

B. Use Technology comprehensively to support innovative teaching and learning:To keep pace with a changing world , school needs to offer more rigorous, relevant and engaging opportunities for students to learn and apply their knowledge and skills in meaningful ways, used comprehensively, technology supports new, research-based approaches and promising practices in teaching and learning.

C. Use Technology comprehensively to create robust education support systems:

To be effective in schools and classrooms, teachers and administrations need training tools and proficiency in 21st century skills themselves. Used comprehensively, technology transform standards and assessments, curriculum and instruction, professional development, learning environments, and administration.

IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

1. IMPROVEMENT OF TEACHING

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. by developing the theories of teaching, it helps in improving the quality of education.

2. ANALYSIS OF THE TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESS

o It tries to find out the different variables of teaching their interlinks effects upon each other, relationship etc. it is also concerned with various phases of teaching are also evaluated by it. Over all, it tries to establish better relationship between teaching and learning.

3. IMPROVEMENT OF LEARNING It facilitates more and more of learning in less times, it takes the help of

various empirically established generalizations from psychology, sociology, physical , sciences, engineering, etc.

4.ENHANCING GOALS OF EDUCATION

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

5. TRAINING TO TEACHERS

• The teachers equipped with old strategies and methodologies of technology will remain misfits. The right type of training to the teachers is the need of the hour. Educational technology can render its valuable help in the training of teachers also.

6. DEVELOPMENT OF CURRICULUM

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

• Keeping in view the objectives of education, which have been finalized by education technology thereafter, comes the question of developing right type of curriculum. Only a suitable type of curriculum will help in the attainment of goals.

7. DEVELOPMENT OF TEACHING-LEARNING MATERIALS

Teaching-learning materials are also as important as anything else in the teaching-learning process. They have to be in accordance with the environment of the learners. Everything in the society including values of life need to be reflected in the materials. Only right type of materials will be able to modify the behaviour of the learner suitably making him a fit person in the society

8. TEACHING-LEARNING STRATEGIES

• A strategy plays an important role in the hands of a teacher in every teaching-learning situation. The strategy has to be right one, which should be according to the materials and is able to bring out effective teaching –learning. The different strategies are being evolved by educational technology . The knowledge of those strategies is must for every teacher.

9. DEVELOPMENT OF AUDIO-VISUAL AIDS

• Audio visual aids have always played an important role in the teaching-learning process. 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 types of teaching-learning environment.

10. HELP IN OVERALL IMPROVEMENT

• 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. Thus, educational technology can revolutionize the whole process of teaching learning.

11. IDENTIFICATION OF NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY

• Educational technology identifies the needs of the community. It helped in providing equal education opportunities to backward people, disadvantaged students are deprived sections of the society. Educational technology aims to identify the need of the community from time to time. Then it tries to improve the community in every possible way.

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