Educational

Technology
The word "technology " comes from he
greek word techne which means craft or
art.
Educational technology refers to the
art or craft of responding to our
educational needs

“Educational technology is the study and the ethical practice

of facilitating learning and improving performance by
creating, using and managing appropriate technological
processes and resources.
Technology is not just machines. It is a
"planned, systematic method of working to
achieve planned outcomes-a process not a
product.

Based from The world Book Encyclopedia, Vol.

19 • So, educational technology refers to how
people use their inventions and discoveries to
satisfy their educational needs and desires, i. e.
learning.
 Learning theories:

Behaviorism –All behaviors are

acquired through conditiong
 Teaching Machine 

• A piece of device designed to be operated by

a student
• The student is presented with a question
• He/she has to respond either by writing or by
pressing a button to indicate the correct answer
• An account is kept of the response made by
student
Programmed instruction
 Programmed Instruction

Students can learn a wide range of

things with small steps that require a
response.

Machine-like learning
 Computer Assisted Instruction

• Self learning technique

• Offline or online
• Interactive instructional technique
• Combination of text, graphics, sounds and
video
Technology: Bane or
Boon?
In Education technology is Bane when:

The learner is made to accept Gospel truth

information they get from the internet.
The learner has an uncritical mind on images
floating on televisions and computers that
represent modernity and progress.

The TV makes the learner a mere

spectator not an active participant in the
drama of life.
We make use of the Internet to do
character assassination of people whom
we hardly like.

Because of our cell phone, we spend most

of our time in the classroom or in our
workplace texting
We use overuse and abuse TV or film
viewing as a strategy to kill time
Role of Educational
Technology in Learning
As a social medium to support learning by
conversing: for collaboration with others,
for discussing, arguing and building
consensus among members of a
community, for supporting discourse
among knowledge-building communities
Educators and Educational
Institutions
Caleb Clark, educator and EdTech expert, summarizes the
importance of EdTech this way: “Geeks can’t teach, and
teachers can’t geek.”

If developed and applied correctly, educational

technology has the potential to become truly industry-
changing for educators–streamlining time-consuming
processes (like lesson planning, reporting, and record-
keeping) and simplifying communication–with even
farther-reaching implications for educational
institutions themselves.
 Why should it matter to us?
At the risk of over-evangelizing the importance of
Education Technology, it can be said that the
successful development of these tools will impact
every aspect of our future. Accessible, effective
solutions for superior education empower
students and teachers to focus on the task of
learning. They can do more with the resources
they have, improving the quality of education
available to young people around the globe, and
better-equipping them for the future.