Roles and Functions of Educational

Technology in the 21st Century

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3 BROAD AREASIMPORTANT FUNCTIONS

INTRODUCTION

The term 21st century has become the central part of educational thinking and planning for the future.

Preparing students to become active,successful and globally competitive.

Support innovative teaching-learning Create robust & education support

system

Instruction should be student-centered

Student-centered learning is strongly encouraged.

Education is no longer about listening to the teacher talk and absorbing the information, instead the learner itself need to "learned how to learn" on their own.

Education should be collaborative

Schools and students should be collaborating with other educational institutions around the world to share information and learn about different practices or methods that have been developed.

Learning should have context

Lessons have little purpose if they do have any impact in a student's life outside of the school. T

Take a more general approach and teach them the skills that are useful in any situation.

Role of Technology in 21st century

Technology allows for 24/7 access to information

Constant social interaction, and

Easily created and shared digital content

• Use technology comprehensively to develop proficiency

in 21st century• Use technology

comprehensively tocreate robust education

support system

• Use technologycomprehensively to support innovative

teaching and learning

Fundamental building blocks

1. Improvement of Teaching2. Analysis of the Teaching-Learning Process3. Improvement of Learning4. Enhancing Goals of Education5. Training to Teachers6. Development of Curriculum7. Teaching-Learning Materials8. Teaching-Learning Strategies9. Development of Audio-Visual Aids10.Help in Overall Improvement11.Identification of Needs of the Commmunity

Important functions of Educational Technology