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Educational technology is concerned with developing, applying, and evaluating systems, techniques, and aids to improve the process of human learning. It involves the use of technology and media resources like audio-visual aids, educational television, radio, and programmed learning to facilitate and improve learning systems. Educational technology was initially used synonymously with audio-visual aids but now encompasses a broader range of techniques and approaches including programmed instruction, self-learning materials, and educational applications of mass media. It is defined as the systematic application of scientific knowledge about learning and conditions of learning to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of instruction.

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Educational technology is concerned with developing, applying, and evaluating systems, techniques, and aids to improve the process of human learning. It involves the use of technology and media resources like audio-visual aids, educational television, radio, and programmed learning to facilitate and improve learning systems. Educational technology was initially used synonymously with audio-visual aids but now encompasses a broader range of techniques and approaches including programmed instruction, self-learning materials, and educational applications of mass media. It is defined as the systematic application of scientific knowledge about learning and conditions of learning to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of instruction.

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Educational Technology- A General Introduction

Posted on December 9, 2016 by admin


Dr. V.K.Maheshwari, M.A (Socio, Phil) B.Sc. M.
Ed, Ph.D.
Former Principal, K.L.D.A.V. (P.G) College,
Roorkee, India

Educational Technology is concerned with the


development, application, and evaluation of system,
techniques and aids to improve the process of human 
learning. It could be conceived as a science of techniques,
methods and media by which educational goals could be
realized.

Earlier the Concept of Educational Technology was used as


a synonym to audio-visual aids like pictures, charts, maps,
and models meant for direct  teaching-learning .

Then came the age of mass media which led to massive


communication revolution for instructional purposes with
the advent of programmed instruction , a new dimension
of educational technology came into existence it has
individualized the process of education and introduced a
system of self-learning in the form of self- instructional
material and teaching machine.

This way one aspect of Educational Technology related to


the use of specific techniques such as ‘educational
television, radio, programmed learning and other audio-
visual aids.
Educational technology is seen both as a means as well as
service to effect and facilitate better and more productive
learning systems. It may be  defined as a separate field in
the theory of education dealing with the development and
application of the use of educational resources.

Educational Technology should not be confused with


teaching or instruction or education or learning or
engineering but it should be taken as a sum  total of all
such aspects which go a long way in shaping the
personality of the learner in a meaningful context.

It is neither technology in education nor technology of


education but both and all pervasive which pervades the
whole teaching-learning process to  make it meaningful for
the teacher who teaches and the learner who learns and
modifies his behaviour for his own betterment.

There are a lot of misconceptions as regards the meaning


of educational technology.

 For many, it is a discipline associated with the use of


audio-visual media in education.
 Some use the term software and hardware as
synonyms of educational technology.
 Whereas, some people are comfortable with the term
teaching machines as the meaning of educational
technology.
 The truth of the matter is that none of the above could
actually be taken as correct interpretation of the
meaning of educational technology concept.
Meaning  and Definition of Educational
Technology

Educational technology is comprised of two words


education and technology. When we apply the science
of learning and communication to teaching we evolve a
technology

Before understanding the meaning of educational


technology it is essential to know the meaning of the term”
technology”. The word ‘technology‘ has been taken  from
the Greek word (techniques) which means an art and
which is related with skill and dexterity.

The term ‘technology’ implies the application of science to


art. Generally the term “Technology” denotes the
systematic application of the knowledge of science to
practical tasks in industry.

Educational technology is a discipline that is difficult to


define. Its meaning can be derived from the two
components of technology in education and technology of
education. It is an eclectic discipline that borrows from
such educational fields like psychology, sociology and
philosophy.

The universally accepted definition of ET involves


processes, methods and techniques, products, resources
and technologies organized into workable systems. The
recognition of the need for a multilevel organisation of a
classroom, for instance, along with the designing of an
appropriate programme and its implementation, become
as much an exercise in ET as the use of audio-visual aids
or the information superhighway.

 E.E. Hadden “Educational Technology is that


branch of educational theory and practice concerned
primarily with the design and use of messages which
control the learning process.”
 G.O. Leith “Educational Technology is the
application of scientific knowledge and learning and the
conditions of learning to improve the effectiveness and
efficiency of teaching and training.”
 John P. Dececco “Educational Technology is the
form of detailed application of psychology of learning to
practical teaching problems”
 Richmond “Educational Technology is concerned to
provide appropriately designed learning situations
which, holding in view of objectives of the Teaching of
Training, being to bear the best means of instruction.”
 Robert M. Gange defined Educational Technology
as “The Development of asset of systematic techniques
and accompanying practical knowledge for designing,
testing and operating schools as educational systems.
 S.K. Mitra “Educational Technology can be
conceived as a science of techniques and methods by
which educational goals could be realized.”
 S.S. Kulkarni “Educational Technology may be
defined as the application of the laws as well as recent
discoveries of science and technology to the process of
education.”
Hence, “Educational   Technology” may be roughly defined
as the systematic application of the knowledge of sciences
to practical tasks in Education. It was widely accepted as
the application of systematic design of a learning system to
bring about improvement in   teaching-learning evaluation
process.

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