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Educational Technology

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Describe one factor that affects the use of educational technology.

1.5 Scope of Educational Technology

The field of educational technology is analogous to its concept. If educational technology is considered

in terms of audio-visual aids then its field is limited to only audio-visual aids. If educational technology

is referred to as programmed instruction then this field includes only programmed instructed learning
objects. If we consider it as a systematic approach then it is a huge fi eld.
Today, educational technology is no more audio-visual aids or programmed instruction; rather these
are the parts of educational technology. Now educational technology is considered as a comprehensive
science, so the field to vast and extensive.

Various scholars have interpreted various fields of educational technology in different manner.
Derek Rowntra, 1973 has explained the following fields of educational technology—

(1) Marking the goals and objective of learning.
(2) Employment of learning environment.
(3) Searching and structuring the courses.
(4) Selecting the appropriate teaching strategies and learning media.
(5) To evaluate the effectiveness of the learning system.
(6) In future, getting desired discernment to improve the effective based on feedback.
According to another scholar, educational technology is related to the general educational administration,

educational testing and academic instruction procedures at the scientific level. It represented by the
following fi gure—

Educational Educational Technology
Technology and and General Educational
Educational Testing Administration

Educational Technology
and Academic Instructional
Procedures

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