WHAT IS
EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY?
§ Also
called Learning Technology
§ The
study and ethical practice of facilitating learning and improving performance
by creating, using and managing appropriate technological processes and
resources.
§ Includes
other systems used in the process of developing human capability.
§ Educational Technology is
concerned with the development, application, and evaluation of system,
techniques and aids to improve the process of human learning.
Technology
in Education
§ An
impression of audiovisual aids consisting of hardware and software
appropriately used as teaching materials.
Technology
of Education
§ Its
main thrust is to develop electronic and optical equipment for educational
purposes that will led to change in thinking in all aspects of teaching designs
and learning environment.
EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY 1
The
Educational Technology 1 has truly
paved the way for the learner to become
aware, appreciate and equipped to use educational technology
tools ranging from traditional to modern educational media. The learner was
also oriented towards averting the dangers of dehumanization which technology
brings into societies, such as through ideological propaganda, pornography,
financial fraud, and other exploitative use of technology. These dangers
continue to affect people and cultures while widening the gap between rich and
poor countries.
Educational
Technology 1 Objectives
Educational Technology 1 served:
§ To orient the learner to the
pervasiveness of educational technology.
§ To lend familiarization on how
educational technology can be utilized as the media for the avenues
teaching-learning process in the school.
§ To uplift the learner human
learning through the use of technology.
§ To impart skills in planning,
designing, using and evaluating the technology-enriched teaching learning
process.
§ To acquaint learners on basic
aspects of community education, functions of the school media center.
§ To introduce the leaner to what is
recognized as the third revolution in education… the COMPUTER.
Traditional Educational Technology Materials
§ Blackboards and chalks
§ Text books
§ Charts, pictures and posters
§ Maps, Atlases and globes
§ Flashcards, flip cards and
worksheets
§ Scientific apparatus, materials
and models used in classrooms and science labs
§ Crossword puzzles, quizzes and
story telling etc.
§ Dramatization and plays
§ Dictionaries, Encyclopedias and
other reference books
§ Toys and other objects used as
methods of teaching
§ Use abacus as a teaching aid
§ Mathematics including geometry
kits
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