Educational Technology 1

Teaching Guide
Topics to be discussed
• Meaning of Educational Technology
• Technology: Boon or Bane?
• The Roles of Educational Technology in
Learning
• Systematic Approach to Teaching
• The Cone of Experience
• Using and Evaluating Instructional
Materials
• Direct Purposeful Experiences
• Teaching with Contrived Experiences
continuation...
• Teaching with Dramatized Experiences
• Demonstrations in Teaching
• Making the Most of Community Resources and
Field Trips
• The Power of Film, Video and TV in the
Classroom
• Teaching with Visual Symbols
• Maximizing the Use of the Overhead Projector
and the Chalkboard
• Project-Based Learning and Multimedia: What It
Is?
continuation....

• Using the Project-Based Learning

Multimedia as a Teaching-Learning
Strategy
• Assessment in a Constructivist,
Technology-Supported Learning
• Roles and Functions of an Educational
Media Center
Lesson 1
Meaning of Educational Technology
• What is Technology?
– Technology comes from the greek word
techne which means craft or art.
– Technology, therefore, refers to the art or craft
of responding to our educational needs.
– Technology is not just machines. It is a
"planned, systematic method of working to
achieve planned outcomes - a process not a
product.
– Technology, also refers to "all the ways people
use their inventions and discoveries to satisfy
their needs and desires
Meaning of Educational Technology
• What is educational technology?
– Educational technology is the development,
application and evaluation of systems,
techniques and aids to improve the process of
human learning. (cited by Lucido, 1997)
– It is the theory and practice of design,
development, utilization, management and
evaluation of processes and resources for
learning. (Association of Educational
Communication and Technology)
– Educational Technology discloses in common
that it encompasses the use of instructional
media as part of the complex process of
teaching and learning and stresses its
ultimate goal of improving any teaching-
learning situation.
– It consists of the designs and environments
that engage learners and reliable technique or
method for engaging learning such as
cognitive learning strategies and critical
thinking skills. (David H. Jonassen, et,al,
1999)
 Phases of educational technology

– identification of objectives
– design of learning experiences
– evaluation of the effectiveness of the
learning experiences
– improvement of the learning
experiences in order to achieve the
desired outcome
(Video presentation about the phases of
educational technology)
 Teaching in the 21st Century

• Learn from the video presentation

 Other Terms Associated with Educational
Technology
• Technology in education is "the
application of technology to any of those
processes involved in operating the
institutions which house the educational
enterprise". It includes the application of
technology to food, health, finance,
scheduling, grade, reporting and other
processes which support education within
institutions. (David H. Jonassen, et.al,
1999)
 Other Terms Associated with Educational
Technology
• Instructional Technology refers to those
aspects of educational technology that
"are concerned with instruction as
contrasted to designs and operations of
educational institutions. (support with
video)
• Technology integration means using
"learning technologies to introduce,
reinforce, supplement and extend skills"
(William, et.al., 2000)
 Other Terms Associated with Educational
Technology
• Educational media are channels or
avenues or instruments of communication.
Examples are books, magazines,
newspapers, radio, television and Internet.
 History of Educational Technology

• Educational technology is not a concept of

the 21st century. It has gone a long way
since civilization begin.
• The highlights in the history of educational
technology will be shown using video.
 History of Educational Technology
• Assignment # 1
• Research on the charter and profile of the
Southeast Asian Ministers of Education,
Organization, Innovation and Technology -
Center for Educational Innovation and
Technology (SEAMEO-INNOTECH).
Explain the current programs and projects
of the institution in the development of
educational technology in the Philippines.
 Lesson 2
Technology: Boon or Bane?
• Activity No. 1. Read the paragraphs which
will be presented and then come together
in small groups to discuss your answers to
the question: Is technology a boon or a
bane? Stated more simply is it a blessing
or a curse?
• Activity No. 2. Study the comic strips. Find
out what it depicts about the consequence
of the use of technology on relationships,
learning and life.
In education, technology is bane when:
• the learner is made to accept as Gospel
truth information they get from the internet
• the learner surfs the internet for
pornography
• the learner has an uncritical mind on
images floating on televisions and
computers that represents modernity and
progress.
• the tv makes the learner a more spectator
not an active participant in the drama of
life
In education, technology is bane when:
• the learner gets glued to his computer for
computer-assisted instruction unmindful of
the world and so fails to develop the ability
to relate to others.
• we make us of the internet to do character
assassination of people whom we hardly
like
• because of our cell phone, we spend most
of our time in the classroom or in our
workplace texting
• we overuse and abuse tv or film viewing
as a strategy to kill time
In education, technology is a blessing
when:
• we use it to help our students and
teachers become caring and learn to do
the following:
relate;
think;
reflect; and
analyze.
 Technology: Boon or Bane?
• Activity No. 3. Come Technology as Technology as
Boon Bane
up with your own
listing on how to
technology can be a 1. 1.
blessing or a curse to
mankind. Feel free to
give examples drawn
from life, not only
2. 2.
from inside the
classroom. Use the
table provided.
June 22, 2015 Assignment #2

• Formulate guidelines on the use of

technology in the following:
– in the classroom
– at home
– self
 Lesson 3
The Roles of Educational Technology in Learning
• Activity #4. Get a partner. Go back to your
learning experiences in school. Recall
specific ways by which the use of
educational technology helped you learn.
Share it with your partner. Volunteer to
share your experiences with the rest of the
class.
 Functions of Educational Technology

– Increase in the students' quality of

learning
– Decrease in the time spent in learning
– Increase in the efficiency of teachers in
the classroom
– Decrease in educational costs without
sacrificing educational quality
 From the constructivist point of view,
educational technology:
• serves as learning tools that learners learn
with.
• engages learner in "active, constructive,
intentional, authentic and cooperative
learning.
 From the constructivist perspective, the
following are roles of technology in teaching:
• tools to support knowledge construction
• information vehicles for exploring
knowledge to support learning-by-
constructing.
Lesson 4 Systematic Approach to Teaching

• Chart of Systematized Instruction

– Define objectives (identify content)
– Choose appropriate materials
– Choose appropriate experiences
– Select materials, equip and facilities
– Assign personnel roles
– Implement the instruction
– Evaluate the outcomes
– Refine the process
Assignment

• Answer page 43 #s 1, 2 and 3

 Lesson 5. The Cone of Experience

• The cone of experience is a visual model,

a pictorial device that presents bands of
experience arranged according to degree
of abstraction and not degree of difficulty.