LEYTE NORMAL UNIVERSITY

SAN ISIDRO CAMPUS

TECHNOLOGY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING

IN THE ELEMENTARY GRADES

MODULE NO. 1
MEANING OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

Name: ________________________________ Score:

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Instructor: _____________________________ Date: _____________

Learning Outcome:
 Relate educational technology to instructional technology, technology integration
and educational media.

Focus Questions:
 What is educational technology?
 How does educational technology differ from technology in education?
 How do educational technology, instructional technology and technology integration,
educational media relate to one another?

I. ANALYSIS

1. Write down (minimum of 5, maximum of 10) anything that comes to mind

when you hear the phrase “educational technology. Read what you wrote.
2. What is most common? Are there words related? If yes, how are they
related?
3. What conclusion can you draw on what most people think educational
technology is?
4. Is this common concept on educational technology adequate? Defend your
answers.

II. ABSTRACTION

MEANING OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

To understand the meaning of educational technology, it may be good to

begin with the meaning of technology. The word “technology” comes from the Greek
word techne which means craft or art. Based on the etymology of the word
“technology, the term educational technology, therefore, refers to the art or craft of
responding to our educational needs.
Many people think that technology refers only to machines such as
computers, tv, videos, and the like. All these form part of technology but educational
technology is all these and more! Technology is not just machines. It is a “planned,
systematic method of working to achieve planned outcomes – a process not a
product. Technology is the applied side of scientific development.” (Dale, 1969)
“Technology also refers to any valid and reliable process or procedure that is derived
from basic research using the scientific method.” (http://en.wikipedia.org?wiki?
Educational_technology#Perspectives_and_meaning) Technology refers to “all the
ways people use their inventions and discoveries to satisfy their needs and desires”
(The World book Encyclopedia, Vol 19). So, educational technology refers to how
people use their inventions and discoveries to satisfy their educational needs and
desires, i.e. learning.
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.” (Association for Educational Communications and
Technology, 1977.
Educational technology “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).
Educational technology is a theory about how problems in human learning are
identified and solved. (David H. Jonassen, Kyle L. Peck, Brent G. Wilson, 1999). As
a theory, educational technology has an “integrated set of principles that explain and
predict observed events.”
Educational technology is a field involved in applying a complex, integrated
process to analyze and solve problems in human learning (David H. Jonassen, et al
1999).
Educational technology is a field study which is concerned with the practice of
using educational methods and resources for the ultimate goal of facilitating the
learning process (Lucido and Borabo, 1997). As a field, it operates within the total
field of education.
Educational technology is a profession like teaching. It is made up of
organized effort to implement the theory, intellectual technique, and practical
application of educational technology (David H. Jonassen, et al 1999).
From the definitions of educational technology given above, we can say that
educational technology is a very broad term. It is the application of scientific findings
in our method, process or procedure of working in the field of education in order to
effect learning. It embraces curriculum and instructional design, learning
environment, theories of teaching-learning. It is also a field study and a
profession. It is the use of all human inventions for teachers to realize their
mission to teach in order that students learn.
 There are other terms that are associated with educational technology. We
come across terms like technology in education, instructional technology and
technology in education books, educational media. Are they synonymous 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).
Instructional technology is a part of educational technology. It refers to those
aspects of educational technology that “are concerned with instruction as contrasted
to designs and operations of educational institutions. Instructional technology is a
systematic way of designing, carrying out, and evaluating the total process of
learning and teaching in terms of specific objectives” (Lucido and Borabo, 1997).
Technology integration means using “learning technologies to introduce,
reinforce, supplement and extend skills. (Williams, ed. 2000). Like instructional
technology, it is a part of educational technology. Technology integration is part and
parcel of instructional technology, which in turn is a part of educational technology.
Educational media are channels or avenues or instruments of communication.
Examples are books, magazines, newspapers, radio, television and internet. These
media also served educational purposes.
Which of the terms above are very much related to educational technology?
Which ones are least related?

III. APPLICATION

A. Explain what educational technology is by using this graphic organizer.

EDUCATIONAL
TECHNOLOGY
B. Accomplish this Learning Bank

Dividend/s
Deposit/s
(How I would use what I learned in
(What I learned)
my life)

IV. ASSESSMENT

Recall your course on Principles of Teaching. Was educational technology or

instructional technology ever mentioned? If not, were there terms you learned in
that course that are related to educational technology?

ENJOY LEARNING AND BE SAFE!!!