Lesson 4.

THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN

DELIVERING THE CURRICULUM

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 OBJECTIVES
➤ Discuss the roles of technology in curriculum
delivery

➤ Identify the factors in technology selection

including the use of visual aids
The role of technology in the curriculum springs from the
very vision of the e-Philippine plan (e stands for
electronic). Thus it is stated: “an electronically enabled
society where all citizens live an environment that
provides quality education, efficient government
services, greater sources of livelihood and
ultimately a better way of life through enhanced
access to appropriate technologies.”
Instructional media may also be referred to as media
technology or learning technology, or simply technology.
Technology plays a crucial role in delivering instruction to
learners.

Technology offers various tools of learning and these range

from non-projected and projected media from which the
teacher can choose, depending on what he sees fit with the
intended instructional setting.
Table 2 – Types of instructional Media/Technology
Factors in technology Selection
In deciding on which technology to use from a wide range of Media
available, the factors on which to base selection are:

1. Practicality. Is the equipment (hardware) or already

prepared lesson material. (software) available? If not,
what would be the cost in acquiring the equipment or
producing the lesson in audial or visual form?
2. Appropriateness in relation to the learners. Is the
medium suitable to the learners’ ability to comprehend? Will
the medium be a source of plain amusement or
entertainment, but not learning?
3. Activity/suitability. Will the chosen media fit the set
instructional event, resulting In either information, motivation,
or psychomotor display?
4. Objective-matching. Overall, does the medium help in
achieving the learning objective(s)?
The Role of Technology in Curriculum Delivery

It can easily be observed that technological innovation in the

multifarious fields of commerce, science and education, is fast
developing such that it is difficult to foresee the technological revolution
in the millennium, inclusive of educational changes.
However, technological changes in education will make its impact on
the delivery of more effective, efficient and humanizing teaching-and
learning.
Three current trends that could carry on to the nature of
education in the future.

The first trend is the paradigm shift from teacher- centered to

student-centered approach to learning.
The second is the broadening realization that education is not simply
a delivery of facts and information, but an educative process of
cultivating the cognitive, affective, psychomotor, and much more the
contemplative intelligence of the learners of a new age.
The third and possibly the more explosive trend is the increase in the
use of new information and communication technology or ICT.
The primary roles of educational technology
in delivering the school curriculum’s
instructional program have been identified:
Upgrading the quality of teaching-and-learning in schools
Increasing the capability of the teacher to effectively inculcate
learning, and for students to gain mastery of lessons and
courses
Broadening the delivery of education outside schools through
non-traditional approach to formal and informal learning, such
as Open Universities and lifelong learning to adult learners
• Revolutionizing the use of technology to boost educational
paradigm shifts that give importance to student-centered and
holistic learning.
These primary roles are based on the framework of
Technology. Driven Teaching and Learning called TPACK.
(1)Technological Knowledge,
(2)Pedagogical Knowledge and
(3)Content Knowledge).
TPACK shows that there is a direct interconnectedness of the three
components, thus in teaching-learning process, a teacher should always ask
and find the correct answer to the following questions for every lesson.

1. What shall I teach? (Content knowledge)

2. How shall I teach the content? ( Pedagogical knowledge )
3. What technology will I use in how the teach the content?
( Technological knowledge )
TPACK Framework (Koehler,2006)
 Criteria for the Use of Visual Aids
• Visual elements ( pictures, illustrations, graphics)

1. Lettering style or font - consistency and harmony

2. Number of lettering style - no more than 2 in à static
display(chart, bulletin board)
3. Use of capitals - short titles or headlines should be no more
than 6 words
4. Lettering colors - easy to see and read. Use of contrast is good
for emphasis
5. Lettering size - good visibility even for students at the back
of the classroom.
6. Spacing between letters - equal and even spacing.
7. Spacing between lines - not too close as to blur at a
distance.
8. Number of lines - No more than 8 lines of text in each
transparency/slide.
9. Appeal - unusual/catchy, two-dimensional, interactive (use of
overlays or movable flaps)
10. Use of directional - devices (arrows, bold letters, bullets,
contrasting color and size, special placement of an item.
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