2. Roles and Function of Educational
Technology in the 21st Century
Education
The term 21st has become the central part of educational
thinking and planning for the future.
Creating a 21st century education system is about
making sure that all student are prepared to succeed
and competitive world- a world with plenty of
opportunities for a highly skilled individuals and
limited options for everyone else.
It’s about maximizing the impact of technology to
develop proficiency in 21st century skills, support
innovative teaching and learning, and creatinf robust
3. Instruction should be student centered
The days of lecturing teachers has passed-though not entirely.
While student centered learning is strongly encouraged in 21st
century, this does not mean that the teacher can never gave a
lecture again.
In order to contribute to society, students will need to be able
acquire new information has problems arise.
Instead of passively receiving information, the students would
gather information on their own, under the guidance of their
teacher.
Different learning styles are encouraged, and students have an
enhance sense of motivation and responsibility.
4. Education should be collaborative
Students must learn how to collaborate with others. Society
today has people collaborating across the globe.
How can students be expected to work with people from other
culture, with different values from their own, if they are not
able to work with the people they see each day in their
classroom.
Students should be encourage to work together to discover
information, piece it together, and construct meaning.
5. Learning should have context
Student centered does not mean that the teacher gives up all
control of the classroom. While students encourage 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.
Lesson have little purpose if they do not have any impact in a
students life outside of the school.
6. The role of Technology in 21st century
Learning
Technology allows for 247 access to
information.
Constant social interaction, and
Easily created and shared digital content
7. Technology as fundamental building block into
education in three broad areas:
Use technology comprehensively to develop
proficiency in 21st century skills.
Use technology comprehensively to support
innovative teaching and learning.
Use technology comprehensively to create robust
education support system.
8. Important functions of Educational
Technology
Improvement of teaching
Analysis of teaching learning process
Improvement of learning
Enhancing goals of education
Training to teachers
Development of curriculum
Development of teaching learning
materials
Teaching learning strategies
Development of audio-visual aids
Help in overall improvements
Identification of needs of the community
9. Improvement of teaching
Educational technology analysis the
process of teaching thoroughly. It tries to
find out the different various of teaching,
there interlinks effects upon each other
relationships theories of teaching phases
of teaching principles of teaching, maxims
of teaching by developing the theories of
teaching it helps in improving the quality
of education.
10. 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.
11. Improvement of learning
Educational technology
analysis the process of
learning and the related
theories. It facilitates more
and more of learning in less
time. It takes the help of
various empirically
established generalization
from psychology, sociology,
physical sciences, engineering
etc,.
12. Enhancing goals of education
The objectives of education are
being reviewed and revised
with the passage of time.
Educational technology helps
in enhancing the right
objectives everything in this
universe ids undergoing
tremendous changes and with a
very fast speed.
13. Training to teachers
The changed type of
environment with new
curriculum and new materials is
to be handled by the teachers.
Right type of training to teachers
is the need of the hour.
Educational technology can
render its valuable help in the
training of teachers.
14. Development of Curriculum
Keeping in view of objectives
of education, which have
been finalized by education
technology thereafter, or
comes the question of
developing right type of
curriculum. Only a suitable
curriculum appropriately.
15. 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. Only right type of materials will
able to modify the behavior of the learners
suitably in making him a fit person of the
society.
16. Teaching learning strategies
A strategy plays an important
role in the hands of teacher
in every teaching learning
situation. The different
strategies are being evolved
by educational technology.
The knowledge of those
strategies is a must for every
teacher.
17. Development of Audio Visual Aids
Audio visual aids have always
played an important role in
teaching learning process,.
They need be used according
to the times. The software aids,
the hardware aids, the
computer and other such
appliances. Have to be used in
the present type of teaching
learning environment.
18. Help in overall improvements
Educational technology helps
in locating the problems in
different areas of education.
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.
19. Identification of needs of the community
Educational technology
identifies the needs of the
community. It helps in providing
equal education opportunities to
backward people, disadvantaged
students and deprived sections
of the society. Educational
technology aims at identifying
the needs of the community
from time to time.
