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.