INTRODUCTION
TO TECHNOLOGY
AND LEARNING
Objectives
• Appreciate the value of technology in
supporting student learning.
• Improve the quality of education and enhance
the learning process.
• To promote computer-based educational
resources.
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Introduction
Technology can be a powerful tool for
transforming learning. It can help affirm and
advance relationships between educators and
students, reinvent our approaches to learning
and collaboration, shrink long-standing equity
and accessibility gaps, and adapt learning
experiences to meet the needs of all learners.
Sub-topics
• Meaning of Educational Technology
• Understanding Technology in Teaching and Learning
• Roles of Technology in Teaching for Learning
EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
It is the combined use of computer hardware, software,
and educational theory and practice to facilitate
learning.
It is the use of information and communication
technologies for educational purposes.
It may be defined as the systematic application
of the knowledge of sciences to practical tasks
in Education.
UNDERSTANDING TECHNOLOGY
IN TEACHING AND LEARNING
Understanding technology used to assist
both teaching and learning, technology
infuses classrooms with digital learning
tools.
Technology has the ability to enhance
relationships between teachers and
students.
ROLES OF TECHNOLOGY IN
TEACHING FOR LEARNING
Three Domains of Educational
Technology (Stosic 2015)
1. Technology as a tutor.
2. Technology as a teaching tool.
3. Technology as a learning tool.
Technology for Teachers and Teaching
It transforms passive classroom to an active
interactive one.
Technology for Teachers and Teaching
• Assisted and supplemented with appropriately
structured instructional materials for daily
activities.
Technology for Teachers and Teaching
• Open new fields in educational researches,
like in the areas of testing and evaluation for
teaching and learning.
Technology for Teachers and Teaching
• Adds to the competence of teachers and
inculcates scientific outlook.
Technology for Teachers and Teaching
Supports professional development of
teachers.
Technology for Learners and Learning
• Support learners to learn how to learn on their
own.
• Declarative Knowledge- what, who, when &
where
• Structural Knowledge- combined
declarative knowledge to attain some form
of meaning
• Procedural Knowledge- knowledge of how
to do something
Technology for Learners and Learning
Technology enhances learners’
communication skills through social
interactions
Technology for Learners and Learning
Technology upgrades learner’s higher order
thinking skills: critical thinking, problem solving,
and creativity.