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Unit–1: Meaning and Nature of Educational Technology

methods. At what time, which audio-visual aids should be used to clarify which phase, which Notes
types of radio vision and cassette vision should utilized for radio and television and which types
of programmed instruction materials should be prepared for students to learn at their own pace—
teacher learns all these things from educational technology. Educational technology provides
directions for using various methods of micro teaching, simulated teaching and T. Training etc. in
order to prepare an effective teacher.
Teacher uses system approach to study the issues related to educational administration and management.
He can use programmed instruction as a solution of individual differences in the classroom. Singh and
Kulshrestha (1980) has correctly written—“The teacher needs educational technology to bridge the lives
of the children, aims of education and psychology in the present technological era.”
The fact is that - Educational technology directs and helps teacher at each term, in every aspect and
every point of his work whether creating a teaching strategies, selecting a teaching point, selecting
the good method of teaching or understanding the students or solving his own teaching issues
or improving his teaching as a career. Today, even a single step can’t be taken without the help of
educational technology.
(2) Utility of Educational Technology in Learning—Education technology provides us the knowledge
of learning method and principles, studies the different methods to make the learned courses permanent
and motivates the students to learn and helps them in maintaining their interest. It follows student’s
rule of learning at their own pace in the area of learning. Educational technology maintains teaching
learning processes by their scientific interpretation. Also, educational technology is responsible for the

creation new paradigm which explains us the nature of teaching and learning. In this way, educational
technology can be made useful for teachers, students and everyone by making teaching and learning
process more effective and meaningful.
(3) Utility to Society—The words said in the context of the educational psychology by Garrison etc. also
applies to educational technology—We know in advance if we are…… (educational technologists), that
certain methods will be wrong. Therefore they save us from mistakes and clarify human motives and
thus make it possible to achieve understanding among individuals and groups (teaching and learning).
In society, people have the facility of radio, transistor, tape recorder etc. which can be used in the
areas of education by means educational technology. Educational technology develops the cognitive,
impressionistic and psychological aspects of teachers and students as well as people. For countries with
limited resources, educational technology gives the gift of such methods which will help to promote,
disseminate and expand the mass education. Educational technology through an infl uential teacher,
politician or social reformer of the knowledge and skills can be easily transported to every section of
society by using television, tape, radio and addresses etc.
Therefore it can be said that “Educational technology in today’s technological age increases the
usefulness of teacher, teaches students and pupil teacher with effective methods and is very helpful
in the accumulation of knowledge, promotion, dissemination and development of society.”

Self-Assessment

2. Multiple Choice Questions—
(i) Which is the most importance among the factors influencing the educational technology?

(a) Economic Factor (b) Political Factor
(c) Psychological factor (d) Educational factor
(ii) Day-by-day the utility of educational technology is
(a) Decreasing (b) Increasing
(c) Same (d) All the above

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