LESSON 2:

Roles of Technology for

Teaching and Learning
 Roles of Technology for
Teaching
According to Stosic (2015), educational
technology has three domains:

1. Technology as a tutor. Technology

can support the teachers, tutors and other
professionals to help students learn better.
2. Technology as a teaching tool.
Technology can be used as an
instrument in teaching.
3. Technology as a learning tool.
Technology makes learning easier and
more effective use these tools for
learning for life.
A. For Teachers and Teaching
1. Provides essential support to teachers.
2. Modernizes the teaching-learning
environment.
3. Enhances teaching-learning methods
and strategies in teaching.
4. Opens opportunities for educational
research.
5. Improves the capability of teachers and
inculcates scientific attitude.
6. Serves as an avenue for teacher
professional development.
7. Encourages scientific attitude.
B. For Learners and Learning
1. Supports learners on learning how to
learn on their own.
2. Develops the communication skills of
learners through social interaction.
3. Augments learners’ higher-order-
thinking skills: critical thinking,
problem solving and creativity.