Educational Technology

Meaning of Educational Technology

  Education Technology is the development, application and evaluation of systems, techniques and aids to improve the process of human learning. Education Technology is the development, application and evaluation of systems, techniques and aids to improve the process of human learning.






 Educational technology is a systematic way of designing, implementing and evaluating the total learning and teaching in terms of specific objectives based on research in human learning and communication; and employing a combination of human and non-human resources to bring about more effective instruction .

  Simply stated, educational technology is the application of the results of researchers and studies, material or non-material to improve Teaching and learning. Materials results of researchers include both the traditional aids, which will be the focus of this course. Non- materials results includes the theories and principles of teaching Including methodologies strategies And techniques of teaching.






  Educational technology must be viewed in relation to teaching as a whole into the learning process. teachers must be understand this relationship in order to be able to make intelligent or fruitful use of technological aids.








   Media is very much a part and parcel of educational technology. - Audio-visual materials refer to the instructional aids that appeal to the auditory and sight senses which could be personally prepared by the teacher for a specific learning task and group of learners. They can be used either being alone or in combination. But still they belong to that one big term educational technology