Understanding

Educational
Technology
Its Nature, Scope and Characteristics
Watch the Short Video

Answer the following questions

1. Describe today’s learners. Cite specific
learning styles these students
demonstrate.
2. What does it mean to teach in the 21st
Century?
3. What specific skills teachers must have to
address the learning styles of the 21st
century learners?
Definition of Educational Technology

The Association for Educational

Communications and Technology (AECT)
created a Task Force on Definition and
Terminology.
21st century is the time when large amount of
information about the meaning of
educational technology pervades.
Definition of Educational Technology

AECT’s latest definition of Educational

Technology:
“educational technology is the study and
ethical practice of facilitating learning and
improving performance by creating, using,
and managing appropriate technological
processes and resources”
Other Definitions

Aziz (2010) defines educational technology as

the implementation of appropriate tools,
techniques, or processes that facilitate the
application of senses, memory, and cognition
to enhance teaching practices and improve
learning outcomes.
Other Definitions

Educational technology is based o theoretical

knowledge from different disciplines
(communication, psychology, sociology,
philosophy, artificial intelligence, computer
science, etc.) plus experiential knowledge
from educational practice (Deschryver, as
cited in Educational Technology, n.d.)
Other Definitions

Educational technology is a complex,

integrated process involving people,
procedures, ideas, devices, and organization,
for analyzing problems, and devising,
implementing, evaluating and managing
solutions to those problems involved in all
aspects of human learning
Instructional Technology

Instructional technology is the theory and

practice of design, development, utilization,
management, and evaluation of processes
and resources for learning. (AECT, 2001).
Technology in Education

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 application
of technology to food, health, finance,
scheduling, grade reporting and other
processes which support education within
institutions.
Technology in Education

Technology in education is NOT the same as

educational technology.