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With fourth industry revolution the global life is much more in advance have been integrated in technological

aspect. Education with no exception too, has been a major part of it. From a mundane and passive pedagogy to an

active collaboration and an effective learning, technologies have made a major alternation in pedagogy.

Technology being a major catalyst has brought an undeniable impact in education sector. It has enhanced

effective and efficient learning toward distant individual with an updated global source of information.

Technology is ubiquitous that allows an individual in inventive or creative analysis, provides self pace learning

and boost motivation, making learning process to be more effective and fun. In fact clubbing and implementing

technology in education system allows the pupils to grasp the technological skill that is utmost in the future

employment and aids in assistive learning to those disable and low performer students. Technology is an effective

communication channel that is significant in student’s collaboration and participation to yield better quantifiable

productive learning.

Technology facilities an individual access to wide range of information and provide distant online learning

opportunities. Technology can aid in educational achievement of a student availing openings for accessing large

volume of required information. Veracious and enthusiastic learner does not have to wait to get updated with

information by tutor unlike before the advent of internet era. For instance, technology enables learners to browse

through internet for learning resources such as electronic books, research papers and various academic related

materials. Blending of technology in educational field has overcome physical proximity learning, barrier of

distance, time, affordability and scarcity of tutors. (McGorry, 2002).Indeed, this has enabled globally large

number of learner an online virtual education opportunity, enhancing individual to become more competent in

their task.
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Technological education provides flexibility and interactive environment for student to self explore, enhance

creativity, learn by doing things at self pace, and escalating self motivation. It empower individual to do and

analyze more complex and creative work by allowing them to use digital and online application tool.

Furthermore, research done by a leading scientific expert on creativity and learning, professor R.Keith Sawyer

emphasizes on the technological impact on individual deep and critical learning and articulating their knowledge

both visually and verbally. Educational technology stimulates and apt pupils and learning to use it, boosts

selfesteem.Perhaps PBS learning media research shows 74% of teacher responds technology to be motivating

pupils in classroom while surveyed.

Furthermore, incorporating technology in pedagogy will foster students with greater technological abilities and

skill in real world career demand. In addition, it assists in imparting social, vocational and survival skills

necessary to function independently in the society to those disable one. Advent of technology will serve to

develop student basic technological skill to collaborate and participate in global nation of interconnected

economies. For instance, information and communication technology (ICT) offers individual with some basic

skill to perceive technologic and pedagogic principle to design and implement learning resources. Moreover, it

provides frequent student feedback, motivates learning disabled students to remain cognitively engaged,

particularly when corrective feedback is immediately provided (center for applied research in education

technology, 2005).Thus, aforementioned benefits happens on implementing technology in education .

Technology serves to form effective communication channel involving individual to participate and help learn

collaboratly.The online tool and application software enable student to create online discussion forum, web pages

and virtual communities to presents the learner an opportunity to learn through discussing,interacting,debating

and to comprehend deeper learning. For instance, the virtual learning environment (VLE) online serve in distinct
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College provides the aforementioned aids. Indeed the research result carried by Baytak tarman and Ayas(2011)

showed that the positive impact of technology enhancing social interaction, learning engagement yielding better

conducive learning environment and result of an individual. Mouza(2008) and Sabzian,Pourhossein Gilakjani

and Sodouri (2013) asserted technological impact in language class to have increased engagement learning.

Technology is ubiquitous and its implementation and its positive impact in education sector are undeniable. It

promotes profound learning, making user access to various authentic updated information, enhances collaborate

learning and prompts individual in creative learning, benefits learner with technological skills requirement to

implement this in later real world task confrontation. Technological education is the focal point at this era and it

promotes valuable assets in pursuit of motivating individuals in learning process and engaging instruction. Thus,

it is very much relevant to what Rutz.,et al. (2003) perceives educational technology to improve student

performance.
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References

Courville, K. (2011). Technology and its use in education: Present roles and future prospect.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Recovery School District Technology Summit.

Evanouski, L. (2009, May 6).The impact of technology in education in education. Retrieved from

http://www.academia.edu

Purdue University. (2019).How has technology changed education?

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Thrasyvoulou, c. (2015).The role of technology in education. Retrieved from

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Waddle, j. (2015).The role of technology in the education process. Retrieved from

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