EDUCATIONAL

TECHNOLOGY
Christopher Allan E. Talili
Learning Episode 3:

The Roles of Educational

Technology in Learning
Technology makes the world a new place.
Learning Episode 3-The Roles of Educational
Technology in Learning

Roles of Technology in Learning

As tools support knowledge construction: for
representing learners ideas, understandings and
beliefs for producing organized, multimedia
knowledge bases by learners
As information vehicles for exploring knowledge to
support learning-by-constructing: for accessing
needed information for comparing perspectives,
beliefs and world views
Learning Episode 3-The Roles of Educational
Technology in Learning

Roles of Technology in Learning

As context to support learning-by-doing: for representing
and simulating meaningful real-world problems, situations
and context, for representing beliefs, perspectives,
arguments and stories of others, for defining a safe,
controllable problem space for student thinking.
As a social medium to support learning by conversing: for
collaboration with others, for discussing, arguing and
building consensus among members of a community, for
supporting discourse among knowledge-building
communities
Learning Episode 3-The Roles of Educational
Technology in Learning

Roles of Technology in Learning

As intellectual partner to support learning-by-reflecting:
For helping learners to articulate and represent what
they know
For reflecting on what they have learned and how they
come to know it
For supporting learners internal negotiations and
meaning making
For constructing personal representations of meaning for
supporting mindful thinking
Learning Episode 4:

Systematic Approach to
Teaching
A plan that emphasizes the parts may pay the cost of failing to consider the whole
and plan that emphasizes the whole must pay to cost of failing to get down to the real
depth with respect to the parts.

- C. West Churchman
Learning Episode 4-Systematic Approach to Teaching

Instruction begins with the definition of

instructional objectives that consider the
students needs, interests and readiness.
The use of learning materials, equipment
and facilities necessities assigning the
appropriate personnel to assist the teacher
and defining the role of any personnel
involved in the preparation, setting and
returning of these learning resources.
Learning Episode 4-Systematic Approach to Teaching

The effective use of learning resources is

dependent on the expertise of the teacher, the
motivation level or responsiveness and the
involvement of the students in the learning
process.
With instructional objective in mind, the teacher
implements planned instruction with the use of
selected teaching method, learning activities and
learning materials with the help of other personnel
whose role has been defined by the teacher.
 Learning Episode 4-Systematic Approach to Teaching

Examples of Learning Activities

Reading Thinking
Writing Reflecting
Interviewing Dramatizing
Reporting or Doing Visualizing
Presentation Creating Judging
Discussing Evaluating
Learning Episode 4-Systematic Approach to Teaching

Examples of Learning Resources

Textbooks Charts
Workbooks Cartoons
Programmed materials Posters
Computer Models
Television Mock Ups
Programs
Flannel Board Materials
Flat Pictures
Chalkboard
Slides and Transparencies
Real objects
Maps
Learning Episode 4-Systematic Approach to Teaching

After instruction, teacher

evaluates the outcome of the
instruction. From the evaluation
results, teachers comes to know
if the instructional objective was
attained.
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