ROLES OF

EDUCATIONAL
TECHNOLOGY
FOLLOWING WAYS TO
IMPROVE THE OVERALL
EFFICIENCY OF THE
TEACHING-LEARNING
PROCESS
 Increasing the quality of learning or the
degree of mastery.
 Decreasing the time taken for learners to
obtain desired learning objectives.
 Increasing the efficiency of teachers in
terms of numbers of learning taught without
reducing the quality of learning.
 Reducing educational cost without affecting
educational quality.
 The Role of
Educational
Technology in the
21st Century
1. STUDENT-CENTERED
LEARNING

 The first trend is a gradual shift to a more

student-centered approach to lerning.

 The real problem facing the educator is to

ensure that the implemetion of new
educational technology is carefully though
through, so as to enrich the learning process
2. TEACHING HIGHER COGNITIVE
AND NON-COGNITIVE SKILLS

 In tertiary education, there has been and

increasing emphasis on group learning
techniques.
3. THE SPREAD OF NEW
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

 Information technology in all its various

forms and manifestations is making an
increasing impact on education as the years
go by and it is expected that the current
trend will speed up rapidly.