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Lesson 3 The ROles of ET in Learning

The document discusses the evolving roles of educational technology in learning, contrasting traditional views where technology serves as a teacher with constructivist perspectives that view technology as a partner in the learning process. It highlights various functions of technology, such as supporting knowledge construction, facilitating information exploration, and enhancing social interaction among learners. Effective use of technology is shown to increase student motivation, foster collaborative learning, and promote critical thinking skills.

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Lesson 3 The ROles of ET in Learning

The document discusses the evolving roles of educational technology in learning, contrasting traditional views where technology serves as a teacher with constructivist perspectives that view technology as a partner in the learning process. It highlights various functions of technology, such as supporting knowledge construction, facilitating information exploration, and enhancing social interaction among learners. Effective use of technology is shown to increase student motivation, foster collaborative learning, and promote critical thinking skills.

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The Roles of

Educational
Technology in
Learning
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”Technology makes the world a new place.”
YES!!! or NO???
Activity: 

oThink of a learning
experience that the use of
“technology” helped you
learn.
Traditional role of
Technology:

delivery vehicles
for instructional
lessons
Traditional way:

Technology
serves as a
teacher.
Constructivist role:

partners in the
learning process
Constructivist way:

Technology is a
learning tool to
learn with, not
from.
Technology serves as a
medium in representing what
the learners knows and he/she
is learning.
Technology like “COMPUTERS” is
seen as a productivity tool.
* Word Processing
* databases
*Spreadsheets
*Graphic programs
*Desktop Publishing
With the eruption of “INTERNET”
in mid 90’s communications and
multimedia have dominated the
role of technology inside the
classroom.
Active, constructive, intentional,
authentic, and cooperative
learning. It provides
opportunities for technology and
learner interaction for
meaningful learning.
From a constructivist
perspective, the following are
the roles of technology in
learning: (Jonassen, et al 1990)
Technology as tools to support
knowledge construction:
• For representing learners’ ideas,
understandings and beliefs
• For producing organized,
multimedia knowledge bases by
learners
Technology as information vehicles for
exploring knowledge to support learning-
by-constructing:
• For accessing needed information
• For comparing perspectives, beliefs
and world views
Technology as context to support learning-by-
doing:
• For representing and stimulating meaningful
real-world problems, situations and context
• For representing beliefs, perspectives,
arguments and stories of others
• For defining a safe, controllable problem space
for student thinking
Technology as a social medium to support
learning by conversing:
• For collaborating with others
• For discussing, arguing, and building
consensus among members of a community
• For supporting discourse among knowledge-
building communities
Technology as intellectual partner (Jonassen 1996) to
support learning-by-reflecting:
• For helping others to articulate and represent what they
know
• For reflecting on what they have learned and ho w they
came to know it
• For supporting learners internal negotiations and
meaning making
• For constructing personal representations of meaning
for supporting mindful thinking
Whether used from the traditi onal or
constructi vist point of view, when
used eff ecti vely, research indicates
that technology not only “increases
students’ learning, understanding and
achievement but also augments
moti vati on to learn, encourages
collaborati ve learning and supports
the development of criti cal thinking
and problem-solving skills”
Russel and Sorge (1999) also
claims that the proper
implementati on of technology in
the classrooms gives students
more “control of their own
learning and…tends to move
classrooms from teacher-
dominated environments to ones
that are more learner-centered.
The use of technology in the
classroom enables the teacher to
do diff erenti ated instructi on
considering the divergence of
students’ readiness levels,
interests, multi ple intelligences,
and learning styles.
Technology also helps students
become lifelong learners.
Give at lea st 3 u se s o r f u n c ti o n s o f e d u cati o n a l
tec h n olo g y

Technology as teacher Technology as partner in


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