EDUCATIONAL

Technology

Technology is more than hardware.

Technology consists of the designs and
the environments that engage learners.
--D. Jonassen

What does the term Educational

Technology mean to you?

Misconceptions
A discipline associated with the use
of audiovisual media in education
Some use the term software and
hardware as synonyms of Ed.Tech.

Misconceptions
Some people are comfortable
with the term teaching
machines as the meaning of
educational technology.

Education
a process of teaching,
training and learning,
especially in schools or
colleges to improve
knowledge
and develop
---Oxford
English
skills. Dictionary

Education
that which is given to an
individual to make him develop
socially,
morally,
and
intellectually as to allow for
his/her
personal
overall
development
and
the
development of the community
in
which
he/she
finds

Education
transmission and renewal of
culture from one generation
to
another.

Technology
a body of knowledge which
when used / applied helps in
solving problems
---Oxford English
Dictionary

Educational Technology
application of a body of
knowledge (technology) to
solving educational
problems

Educational Technology
the contributions of
technology to
education constitute or mean
educational technology.
---Adeyanju (1999),
Balogun and Abimbade
(2002)

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Educational Technology
It is a complex, integrated process
involving people, procedures, ideas,
devices,
and
organization,
for
analyzing problems and devising,
implementing,
evaluating,
and
managing
solutions
to
those
problems, involved in all aspects of
human learning.

Educational Technology
The solutions to problems take the
form of all the learning resources
which are identified as: messages,
people, materials, devices, techniques,
and settings.

Learning Resources
Message: information to be transmitted
by the other components; takes the
form of ideas, facts, meanings, data
(e.g. any subject matter).
People: e.g. teacher, student, speaker.
Material:
traditionally
called
media/software (e.g. pictures, books)
trip).

Learning Resources
Device: traditionally called hardware
(e.g. radio).
Technique: routine procedures for
using materials, devices, settings, and
people to transmit message (e.g. field
trip).
Setting: the environment in which the
messages are received (e.g. physical
and environmental).

Self-Assessment
Exercise
Technology in Education
Technology of Education
Instructional Technology
Technology Integration

Technology in Education

Technology in Education
Application
of
machines,
gadgets or equipment to
improve
the
quality
of
education
Described as the hardware
approach
to
educational
technology

Educational Technology
Educational technology is the theory
and practice of design, development,
utilization,
management,
and
evaluation of processes and resources
for learning.

Educational Technology
It is a discipline devoted to techniques
or ways to make learning more efficient
based on theory but theory in its
broadest sense, not just scientific
theory.

Education of
Technology

technology of education refers to

application of theories and laws/rules
in education and related disciplines for
the purpose of improving the quality of
education.

Education
of
Disciplines
Technology
sociology/sociology

include:
of education,
philosophy/philosophy
of
education,
psychology/psychology
of
education,
communication,
technology, etc.

Education of
Technology
Technology of

education is a
component
of
educational
technology that is involved in the
use of systems approach to
promote high quality education.

Education of
Technology
Concerned with the use of
systematic and scientific
procedures in educational
practice.
Refers to the application of the
systems approach to educational
enterprise.

Education
of
Its main concerns
include issues
bothering on identification of
Technology

educational problem, analysing

the problem, setting objectives,
suggesting solution strategies,
synthesizing
the
processes,
embarking on evaluation and
providing feedback.

Instructional
Technology

Technology Integration

Technology:
BOON or
BANE?

Technology is in our hands. We

can use it to build or destroy.

Bane

Bane

Bane

Bane