Roles and Fucntion 'of Educational Technology in 21st Century Education

1. Title: Roles and Function of Educational
Technology in 21 Century Education
Name: Patricio O. Salas
Subject: Educational Technolology 2D

2. Roles and Function of
Educational
Technology in 21 Century
Education

3. 1. Instructional should be student-centered
Student-centered learning is strongly in the 21 century,
this does not mean that the teacher can never give a lecture
again. They will need to connect the new information with the
knowledge they already have and apply it to solving the problem
and hand.
2.Education should be collaborative
Student must learn how to collaborative to each other. Be
encourage to work together to discover information, piece its
together. Collaboration should also be dynamic. Student should
learn how to recognize the different strengths, talents and skills.

4. 3.Learning should have context
Student –centered does not mean that the teacher
give up all control of the classroom. The teacher can
make a point of helping students to understand how
the skills they building can be applied in their lives.
The role of technology in 21 century learning:
 Technology allows for 24/7 access to information
 Constant social interaction, and
 Easily created and shared digital content.

5. Important Function of Educational
Technology
1. Improvement of Teaching
Educational technology analyzing the process of teaching
thoroughly. It tries to find out the different variables of teaching,
their interlinks, effects upon each other, relationship and develop
the theories of teaching, it helps in improving the quality of
education.
2. Analysis of the Teaching –learning process
Educational technology aims at analyzing the process of
teaching-learning thoroughly. It is also concerned with various
phases of teaching.

6. 3. Improvement 0f learning
Educational technology analyses the process of the
learning and the related theories. It takes the help of
various empirically established generalization from
psychology, sociology, physical sciences.
4. Enhancing Goals of education
Educational technology helps in finding out the right
objectives. Helps in enhancing the right objective in the
light of the change environment.

7. 5. Training to teacher
The change type of environment with new
curriculum and new materials to be handled by the
teacher. Educational technology can render its
valuable in the training teacher.
6.Dvelopment of curriculum
The objective of education, which have been
finalized by education technology thereafter, comes
the questions of developing right type of curriculum.

8. 7. Development of teaching-learning materials
Teaching-learning materials are also important
anything else in the teaching-learning process. They have to
be in accordance with the environment learner. The
materials of teaching cannot be unscientific.
8.Teaching-learning strategies
Strategies plays an important role in the hands of
teacher in every teaching-learning situation. The strategies
has to be right one, which should be according to the
materials and is able to bring about effective teaching
learning.

9. 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.
10. Help in Overall Improvement:
Educational technology helps in locating the
problems in the different areas of education. Teaching-
learning process is also made better because through
feedback, things are improve thoroughly and there is
better control over the process of education.

10. 11. Identification of needs of the community:
Educational technology identifies the needs of the
community. Aims at identifying the needs of the
community from time to time. Then it tries to improve the
community in every possible way.