EDUCATIONAL

TECHNOLOGY
Christopher Allan E. Talili
Learning Episode 1:

Meaning of Educational
Technology
Technology is more than hardware. Technology consists of the
designs and the environments that engage learners.
- D. Jonassen
Learning Episode 1-Meaning of Educational Technology

The word "technology " comes from the greek word

techne which means craft or art.
Educational technology refers to the art or craft of
responding to our educational needs
Technology is not just machines. It is a "planned,
systematic method of working to achieve planned
outcomes-a process not a product.
Learning Episode 1-Meaning of Educational Technology

Based from Dale 1969

Technology also refers to any valid and reliable
process or procedure that is derived from basic
research using the scientifc method.

Based from Wikipedia

Technology refers to all the ways people use their
inventions and discoveries to satisfy their needs
and desires.
Learning Episode 1-Meaning of Educational Technology

Based from The world Book Encyclopedia,

Vol. 19
So, educational technology refers to how people
use their inventions and discoveries to satisfy their
educational needs and desires, i. e. learning.
Learning Episode 1-Meaning of Educational Technology

Based from In the Definition of Educational

Technology
Educational technology is a complex, integrated
process involving people, procedures, ideas,
devices and organization for analyzing problems
and devising, implementing, evaluating and
managing solution to those problems, involved in
all aspects of human learning.
Learning Episode 1-Meaning of Educational Technology

Based from David H. Jonassen

Educational Technology consists of designs and
environments that engage learners and
reliable technique and method for engaging
learning such as cognitive learning strategies
and critical thinking skills.
It is a theory about how problems in human
learning are identified and solved.
Is a field involved in applying a complex,
integrated process to analyze and solve
problems in human learning.
Learning Episode 1-Meaning of Educational Technology

Based from David H. Jonassen

Is a profession like teaching. It is made up of
organized effort to implement the theory,
intellectual technique and practical
application of educational technology.
Learning Episode 1-Meaning of Educational Technology

Based from Lucido and Borabo

Educational Technology is a field study
which is concerned with the practice of
using educational methods and
resources for the ultimate goal of
facilitating the learning process.
Learning Episode 1-Meaning of Educational Technology

Other terms that are associated with

Educational Technology
Technology in education
Instructional technology
Technology integration in education
books, educational media
Learning Episode 1-Meaning of Educational Technology

Technology in Education
The application of technology to any of
those processes involved in operating the
institutions in which house the
educational enterprise. It includes the
application of technology to food, health,
finance, scheduling, grade, reporting and
other processes which support education
within institutions.
Learning Episode 1-Meaning of Educational Technology

Instructional Technology
Is a part of Educational Technology.
Refers to those aspects of educational
technology that are concerned with
instruction as contrasted to designs and
operations of educational institutions.
Learning Episode 1-Meaning of Educational Technology

Technology Integration
Means learning technologies to
introduce, reinforce, supplement and
extend skills.
Technology is a part and parcel of
instructional technology, which in turn is
a part of educational technology.
Learning Episode 2:

Technology: Boon or Bane?

Technology is in our hands. We can use it to build or destroy.
Learning Episode 2-Technology: Boon or Bane?

In Education technology is Bane when:

The learner is made to accept Gospel truth
information they get from the internet.
The learner surfs the Internet for
pornography.
The learner has an uncritical mind on images
floating on televisions and computers that
represent modernity and progress.
Learning Episode 2-Technology: Boon or Bane?

In Education technology is Bane when:

The TV makes the learner a mere spectator
not an active participant in the drama of life.
The learner gets glued to his computer for
computer-assisted instruction unmindful of
the world and so fails to develop the ability
to relate to others.
We make use of the Internet to do character
assassination of people whom we hardly like.
Learning Episode 2-Technology: Boon or Bane?

In Education technology is Bane when:

Because of our cell phone, we spend
most of our time in the classroom or in
our workplace texting.
We use overuse and abuse TV or film
viewing as a strategy to kill time