I The Role of Technology

in Delivering the
Curriculum.

Cabe, Ella Mae

Efondulan, Cedrick
Elsenique, Denmark
3-EED2
 Intended Learning Outcomes:

● Discuss roles of technology in curriculum delivery

● Enhance the application of outcomes-based learning with

technology both as an aid and platform for learning

● Analyze the significance of systematic lesson planning in

which the appropriate choice of media comes to play.
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After learning fundamental concepts about the curriculum-its nature and
development, comes the practical phase of curriculum implementation.
Appropriately, the significance of technology in curriculum development
deserves discussion. The role of technology in the curriculum springs from
the very vision of the ePhilippine plan. Thus it is stated: “an electronically
enabled society where all citizens live in an environment that provides
quality education, efficient government services, greater sources of
livelihood and ultimately a better way of life through enhanced access to
appropriate technologies”. This points to the need for an e-curriculum, or
a curriculum which delivers learning consonant with the Information
Technology and Communications Technology revolution. This framework
presupposes that curriculum delivery adopts ICT as important tool in
education while users implement teaching-learning strategies that
conform to the digital environment.
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Following a prototype outcomes-based syllabus, this
same concept is brought about through a vision for
teachers to be providers of relevant, dynamic and
excellent education programs in a post-industrial and
technological Philippine society.

Thus among educational goals desired for achievement is

the honing of competencies and skills of a new breed of
students, now better referred to as a generation
competent in literacies to the 3 Rs (reading, ‘riting and
rithmetic) but influences, more particularly: problem-
solving fluency, information access and retrieval of
 Content Focus
Instructional media may also be referred to as media
technology or learning technology. Technology plays a
crucial role in delivering instruction to learners.
Technology offers various tools of learning and these
range from non-projected media from which the teacher
can choose, depending on what he sees fit with the
intended instructional setting. For example, will a
chalkboard presentation be sufficient in illustrating a
mathematical procedure; will a video clip be needed for
motivating learners?

In the process, what ensues is objective-matching where

Content Focus
 Factors in Technology Selection
1. Practicality. Is the equipment or already prepared lesson
material available? If not, what would be the cost in acquiring
the equipment or producing the lesson in audial or visual form?

2. Appropriateness in relation to the learners. Is the medium

suitab;e to the learners’ ability to comprehend? Will the medium
be a sources of plan amusement of entertainment, but not
learning?

3. Activity/suitability. Will the chosen media fit the set

instructional event, resulting in either information, motivation or
psychomotor display?

4. Objective-matching. Overall, does the medium help in

achieving the learning objectives?
 The Role of Technology in Curriculum Delivery

It can easily be observed that technological innovation in

the multifarious fields of commerce, science and education,
is fast developing such that it is difficult to foresee the
technological revolution in the millennium, inclusive of
education changes. For certain however, technological
changes in education will make its impact on the delivery of
more effective. Efficient and humanizing teaching-and-
learning.

But presently, we can identify three current trends that

could carry on the nature of education in the future. The
first trend is the paradigm shift from teacher-centered to
 The Role of Technology in Curriculum Delivery

The second is the broadening realization that education is not

simply a delivery of facts and information, but an educative
process of cultivating the cognitive, affective, psychomotor and
much more the contemplative intelligence of the learners of a
new age. But the third and possibly the more explosive trend is
the increase in the use of new information and communication
technology or ICT. Already at the turn of the past century, ICT, in
its various forms and manifestations has made its increasing
influence on education, and the trend is expected to speed up
even more rapidly. Propelling this brisk development is the
spread of the use of the computer and availability of desktop
 The Role of Technology in Curriculum Delivery

For now the primary roles of educational technology in

delivering the school curriculum’s instruction program have
been identified.
● Upgrading the quality of teaching-and-learning in schools.
● Increasing the capability of the teacher to effectively
inculcate learning, and for students to gain mastery of
lessons and courses.
● Broadening the delivery of education outside schools
through non-traditional approaches to formal and informal
learning, such as Open Universities and lifelong learning to
adult learners.
 Criteria on Assessing a Visual Material or Presentation

● Visual elements (pictures, illustrations, graphics):

● 1. Lettering style or font – consistency and harmony
● 2. Number of lettering style- no more than 2 in a static
display (chart, bulletin board)
● 3. Use of capitals – short title or headlines should be no more
than 6 words
● 4. Lettering colors-easy to see and read. Use of contrast is
good for emphasis
● 5. Lettering size – good visibility even for students at the
back of the classroom
 Criteria on Assessing a Visual Material or Presentation

● 6. Spacing between letters-equal and even spacing

● 7. Spacing between lines – not to close as to blur at a
distance
● 8. Number of lines – no more than 8 lines of text in each slide
● 9. Appeal – unusual, two-dimensional, interactive (use of
overlays)
● 10. Use of directional – devices (arrows, bold letters, bullets,
contrasting colors and size placement of an item)
Educators are now more keenly aware of their
responsibility to deliver the highest quality of
education to learners. They also recognize the
need to use and integrate technology in the
curriculum and the teaching-learning process of
classroom instruction. There is no doubt, however
that the concept of education technology is a
very complex one, made more sophisticated with
the advent of what is called hypermedia or
multimedia packages that include: text, audio,
Today, hypermedia find an application in
what is known as Information and
Communication Technology or ICT that
includes tutorial software packages,
webpages, simulation games, project
management packages and others. An
example is the hypermedia package in
Economics which can be accessed through
the Internet site WinEcon.
Everyday technology including Information
and Communication Technology, advances
by leaps and bound, thus as it advances
we can be certain that educational
technology will continue to play an
important role in education. In the
traditional approach to instruction, the
teacher a. presents the lesson to the
class, b. assesses the students and c.
moves to the next lesson.
 Self Reflect
In a proposed mastery approach to
instruction, the teacher a. presents the
lesson to the whole class, b. assesses if
learners attained mastery of the lesson, c.
provides enrichment activities with the of
media technology, d. re-mediates the non-
mastery student, e. moves on the next
lesson.
 Self Reflect
1. How is the mastery approach better than the
traditional one?

2. The mastery approach appears time-consuming and

difficult. Do you believe practice and experience can
overcome these difficulties?

3. How can technology help in enrichment activities?

4. Should the effective use of media be also assessed by

the teacher? Why?
Thank You!