Roles and Functions of Educational Technology in the 21st Century Education
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This document discusses the roles and functions of educational technology in 21st century education. It outlines that education needs to prepare students to be active, successful members of society. Instruction should be student-centered, collaborative, and provide context for learning. Technology allows for 24/7 access to information, constant social interaction, and easily created and shared digital content. Important functions of educational technology include improving teaching and learning, analyzing the teaching-learning process, enhancing educational goals, training teachers, developing curriculum and teaching materials, identifying teaching strategies and community needs.
Roles and Functions of Educational Technology in the 21st Century Education
- 1. Roles and Functions Of Educational Technology in the 21st Century Education Submitted by: Glenna Mae Dayon
- 2. 21st Century Education The term “21st Century” has become the central part of educational thinking and planning for the future The educational system has been evolving faster than ever before. It is about making sure that all students are prepared to succeed in a competitive world – a world with plenty of oppurtunities for highly skilled individuals and limited options for everyone else It is about maximizing the impact of technology to develop proficiency in 21st Century skills: Support innovative teaching and learning Create robust education support system
- 3. Role of Education The role of education is to prepare students to become active Successful Contributing members of society
- 4. The following can be considered when deciding how education will look in our schools and classrooms >>>
- 5. 1. Instruction should be Student-centered Education is no longer about listening to the teacher talk and absorbing the information In order to contribute to society, students will need to be able to acquire new information as problems arise. They will not be able to call upon a teacher for answers, so it will need to have ‘learned how to learn’ on their own. In this classroom model, the teacher would act as a facilitator for the students.
- 6. Instead of passively receiving information, students would gather information on their own, under the guidance of their teacher Different learning styles are encouraged, and students have an enhanced sense of motivation and responsibilities. They engage in many different types of hands-on activities, as well as demonstrate learning in many different ways Learning is about discovery, not the memorization of facts. Instruction should be Student-centered (cont)
- 7. 2. Education should be collaborative Students should be encouraged to work together to discover information, piece it together and construct meaning Collaboration should also be dynamic. Students should learn how to recognize the different strengths and talents each person can bring Schools should also be collaborating with other educational institutions to share information and learn about different practices or methods that have been developed
- 8. 3. Learning should have context While students Are encouraged to learn different ways, the teacher still provides guidance as to the skills that need to be acquired Teacher can make a point of helping students to understand how the skills they are building can be applied in their lives. Teachers need to take more general approach and teach them the skills that are useful in any situation
- 9. 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.
- 10. Important functions of Educational Technology
- 11. Important Functions of Educational Technology 1. Improvement of Teaching Educational technology analyses the process of teaching thoroughly. It tries to find out the different variables of teaching. By developing the theories of teaching, it helps in improving the quality of education. 2. Analyses of the Teching-Learning Process Ed tech aims at analyzing the process of teaching-learning thoroughly. It is concerned with the various phases of teaching.
- 12. 3. Improvement of Learning Ed tech analyses the process of learning and the related theories. It facilitates More and more learning in less time. 4. Enhancing Goals of Education Educational technology helps finding out the right objectives in the light of changed circumstances and changed environment Important Functions of Educational Technology
- 13. 5. Training to Teachers 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 Only suitable type of curriculum will help in the attainment of goals. Educational technology can do this job of developing a suitable curriculum appropriately Important Functions of Educational Technology
- 14. 7. Development of Teaching-Learning Materials The materials of teaching cannot be unscientific. Everything in the society including values of life need be reflected in the materials. Only the right type of materials will able to modify the behavior of the learner suitably making him a fit person for the society 8. Teaching-Learning Strategies A strategy plays an important role in the hands of a teacher. The different strategies are being evolved by educational technology. The knowledge of those strategies is ia must for every teacher Important Functions of Educational Technology
- 15. 9. Development of Audio-Visual Aids Audio-visual aids have always played an important role in the teaching- learning process. The software, hardware aids, the computer and other such appliances have to be used in the present type of teaching-learning environment 10. Help in Overall Improvements Educational technology helps in locating the problems in the different areas of education. Thus, ed tech can revolutionize the whole process of teaching learning Important Functions of Educational Technology
- 16. 11. Identification of Needs of the Community Ed tech identifies the needs of the community. It aims to improve the community in every possible way. Important Functions of Educational Technology
- 17. END OF SLIDE Book Reference: Balbuena, Maria Estela T. Educational Technology Workbook.