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- 1. Lesson 2 Roles and Functions of Educational Technology in the 21st Century
- 2. DISCUSSION: The term "21st century" has become the central part of educational thinking and planning for the future. Administrators and Teachers are actively searching for ways to prepare students for the future, and the educational system has been evolving faster than ever before. Creating a 21st century education system is about making sure that all students are prepared to succeed in a competitive world. A world with plenty of opportunities for highly skilled individuals and limited options for everyone else. Globalization has opened up the world and allowed people to connect in new and exciting ways. We blend traditions and create unique belief systems that are not taught in any classroom, but are developed through our life experiences and passions.
- 3. 1. Instruction should be student-centered -While student-centered learning is strongly encouraged in the 21st century, this does not mean that the teacher can never give a lecture again. Education is no longer about listening to the teacher talk and absorbing the information. They will not be able to call upon a teacher for answers, so will need to have 'learned how to learn' on their own. -Instead of passively recieving information, the students would gather information on their own, under the guidance of their teacher. 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.
- 4. 2. 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 cultures, 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 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 strenghts and talents each person can bring to a project, and change roles depending on those attributes.
- 5. 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. - In this setting, educators can leverage technology to create an engaging and personalized environment to meet the emerging educational needs of our current generation. No longer does learning have to be one-size- fits-all or confined to the classroom. Our students are more inclined to find information by accessing the Internet through cellphones and computers or chatting with friends on a social networking site.
- 6. 3. Learning should have context - Student-centered does not mean that the teacher gives up all control of the classroom. While students are encouraged 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 studentsto understand how the skills they are building can be applied in their lives. - Technology is a tool, a way for-based learning and allows students to do a lot of the research using the Internet and various tools. And at the same time these students are learning very valuable research skills, which they can transplant at high levels of educations, at universities and beyond.
- 7. There is call for action to integrate technology as a fundamental building block into education in three broad areas. 1. Use Technology comprehensively to develope profeciency in 21st century skills. Knowledge of core content is necessary, but no longer sufficient, for success in a competitive world. Even if all students mastered core academic subjects, they still would be woefully underprepared to succeed in postsecondary institutions and workplaces, which increasingly value to people who can use their knowledge to communicate, collaborate, analyze, create, innovate and solve problems.
- 8. 2. Use technology comprehensively to support innovative teaching and learning. To keep pace with a changing world, schools need to offer more rigorous, relevant and engaging opportunities for students to learn- and to apply their knowledge and skills in meaningful ways. 3. Use technology comprehensively to create robust education support systems. To be effective in schools and classrooms, teachers and administrators need training, tools and proficiency in 21st century skills themselves. Used comprehensively, technology transforms standards and assesments, curriculum and instruction, professional development, learning environments, and administration.
- 9. 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 or teaching, their interlinks, effects upon each other, relationships, theories of teaching, phases of teaching principles of teaching, maxims of teaching etc. By developing 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 tries to find out the different variables of teaching their interlinks effects upon each other, relationship etc.
- 10. 3. Improvement of Learning Educational Technology analyses 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 generalizations from psychology, sociology, physical sciences, engineering etc. 4. Enhancing Goals of Education The objectives of education are being reviewed and revised with the passage of time. Educational technology helps in finding out the right objectives. Everything in this universe is undergoing tremendous changes and with a very fast speed. 5. Training to Teachers The changed type of environment with new curriculum and new materials is to be handled by 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.
- 11. 6. Development of Curriculum Keeping in view the objectives of education, which have been finalize by education technology thereafter, comes the question of developing right type of curriculum. Curriculum is the total teaching- learning environment, which has to be modified and remodeled in the light of latest thoughts. 7. 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. In this age of science and technology, materials of teaching cannot be unscientific. 8. Teaching-Learning Strategies: A strategy plays an important role in the hands of a teacher in every teaching-learning situation. The strategy has to be the right one, which should be according to the materials and is able to bring about effective teaching learning.
- 12. 9. Development of Audio-Visual Aids: Audio-Visual aids have always played an important role in the teaching-learning process. They need to be used according to the times. The software aids, the hardware aids, the computer and other such appliances, equipment etc. 10. Help in Overall Improvement Educational technology helps in locating the problems in the different areas of education. It also helps in remedying the draw- backs. Evaluation of the teaching-learning process is also made better because through feedback, things are improved and there is better control over the process of education. 11. Identification of Needs of The Community: Educational Technology identifies the needs of the community. It helps in providing equal education oppportunities to backward people, disadvantage students and deprived sections of the society. Educational Technology aims at identifying the needs of the community from time to time.
- 13. Online Activity in Educational Technology 2D Submitted by: Resyl F. Panuan 11:30-12:30 M-F BEED-2