CHAPTER 4

Roles of Educational Technology

 This chapter will enable you to discern the
roles of educational technology which will help in
selecting particular lessons and situations where
technology can be applied. This knowledge will
help you in designing activities and projects with
the appropriate technology application.
 Intended Learning Outcome

At the end of the chapter, students are expected to:

Infer the roles of educational technology in the 21st

century classroom, based on research findings.

Beliefs of Educational Technology

Technology is
composed of
tools to facilitate
learning, thus
should be used in
education
Research has
shown the
effectiveness of
computer-based
methods
FOUR PILLARS OF EDUCATION
and the 21st Century Skills

Learning to learn
Learning to do
Learning to live
together
Learning to be
ELEMENTS FOR USING TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION

The following elements are justifications for the use of technology:

 Motivation
 Unique Instructional Capabilities
 Support for New Instructional Approaches
 Increased Teacher Productivity
 Required Skills for an Information Age
Element 1. Motivation

Gaining
Learner
Attention
Encouraging the
Learner through
Production Work
Increasing Perceptions
of Learner
Control
 Technology
Use as Motivation
ELEMENT 2. Unique Instructional Capabilities

Linking Learners to
Information Sources
 Enabling Learners
Visualize Problems and
Solutions
Tracking Learner’s
Progress
Linking Learners to
Learning Tools
ELEMENT 3. Support for New Instructional Approaches

Cooperative
Learning

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ELEMENT 3. Support for New Instructional Approaches

Shared
Intelligence

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ELEMENT 3. Support for New Instructional Approaches

Problem Solving
and Higher-level
Skills

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Problem solving can be done by:
 Sensing the problem
 Researching the problem
 Formulating the problem
 Finding the alternatives
 Choosing the solution
 Building acceptance
 ELEMENT 4. Increased Teacher Productivity
 Freeing time to work with
students by helping with
production and record
keeping tasks.
Providing more accurate
information quickly
Allowing teachers to produce
better-looking, more student-
friendly” materials quickly.
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 ELEMENT 5. Required Skills for an Information Age

Technology
Integration preparing
students to learn skills
that will prepare them to
become lifelong learners
in an information society

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 Technology Literacy

“Technology for students is

about economic
competitiveness” Solomon
(1995)

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 Information Literacy

“”Although information literacy

skills maybe simply a subset of
the technology literacy skills,
some educators think they are so
important that they should receive
special emphasis” (Truett,1996;
Roblyer, 1998)
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 Visual Literacy

“The need for improved visual

literacy skills so many people
are heavily using images on
visual communication”
( Christopherson, 1997;
Roblyer, 1998)

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READING MATERIALS AND REFERENCES
PRINT
• Tabada, E. V. &Buendia, M. (2015) Educational Technology 1, Adriana Publishing CO.INC.
• Ballado, Ronato S. (2012) Basic Concepts in Educational Technology 1.(1st Ed.) REX Printing Company Inc., Quezon City,
Philippines
• Lucido, P. & Corpus B.(2012) Educational Technology 1, 2nd Edition. Lorimar, Publishing Co.
• Lucido, P. & Corpus B.(2012) Educational Technology 2, Quezon City. Lorimar, Publishing Co.
• Newby, T.J. (2011) Educational Technology for Teaching and Learning (4th Edition), Boston: Pearson Education Inc.
• Dahiya, Surender S. (2004) Educational Technology Towards Better Teacher Performance. Shipra Publication: New Delhi
• Garo, Candelaria D. (2004) Teaching Educational Technology. National Bookstore, Inc. Madaluyong City: Philippines
• Heirich, R. (2003). Instructional media and technologies for learning (7th edition) Upper Saddle, New York: Merrill Prentice
Hall
• Roblyer, M.B. (2003) Integrating Education Technology into Teaching (3rd Edition). Upper Saddle, New York: Merrill
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• Newby, Timothy J. etal. (2000) Instructional Technology for Teaching and Learning. Prentice Hall Inc.: New Jersey.
• Lucido, Paz I., and Milagros L. Borado. (1997). Educational Technology. Katha Publishing Co., Inc. Quezon City,
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NON-PRINT
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•http://www.nationalgraphic.com
•http://www.youtube.com
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•https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DJKyM3JIAI
•https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYX_L-R-S8o
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THANK YOU....
DINDO R. DELA PENA, Ph.D.