Lesson 1

Educational Technology 

-          Is the application of technology in the educative process that takes places in education institution

Four Phases of application of Educational Technology in Teaching and Learning:

Technology in education

                -Is the application of technology in the operation of education institution

Instructional technology

                -It refers to aspects of educational technology that are concerned with instructions

Technology Integration

                -Is using learning technologies to introduce supplement and extend skills.

Roles of Technology in Learning

·         Technology as tools to support knowledge construction

·         Technology as information vehicles for exploring knowledge

·         Technology as context to support learning by doing

·         Technology as a social medium to support learning by conversing

·         Technology as intellectual partner to support learning by reflecting

 Learning objectives of Educational Technology

·         To orient the learner of Education technology in society

·         To lend familiarization or how educational technology can be utilize as media for teaching learning process

·         To uplift the learner to human learning through the use of learning technology

·         To impart skills in planning, designing using and evaluating the technology enriched teaching learning process

·         To acquaint learners on basic aspects of community education

·         To introduce the learner to what it recognized as the third revolution in education the computer