The meaning of educational technology:
Educational technology is the theory and practice of realizing the optimization of education and teaching through the design, development, utilization, management and evaluation of teaching and learning processes and related resources by using various theoretical techniques and skills.
To understand the definition of educational technology, we should pay attention to three points:
1, the application of educational technology advocates the guidance of advanced educational ideas, concepts and theories;
2. Educational technology focuses on learning process and learning resources (generally emphasizing teaching process and teaching resources);
3. The research content of educational technology includes five aspects (research category): the design, development, utilization, management and evaluation of teaching process and teaching resources.
Educational technology and information technology
Educational technology must be based on information technology.
Basic, but not the same as information technology.
Tangible technology is the support of educational technology, while intangible technology is the soul of educational technology.
Information technology refers to all technologies that can expand the functions of human organs, mainly referring to science and technology related to the generation, acquisition, characterization, transmission, transformation, identification and application of information. Information technology applied to education usually includes audio-visual technology, digital audio-visual technology, satellite TV broadcasting technology, multimedia computer technology, artificial intelligence technology, network technology and virtual technology.
Educational technology and information technology are different in disciplines, research objects and research categories.
Information technology belongs to a technical discipline, its research object is information, and its research scope is information acquisition, storage, analysis, processing, conversion, transmission and evaluation.
Educational technology belongs to educational discipline, and its research object is the teaching process and teaching resources supported by appropriate technology. The research category is the design, development, utilization, management and evaluation of teaching process and teaching resources with the support of appropriate technology.
The so-called appropriate technology includes modern technology, traditional technology, tangible technology, tangible materialized technology and intangible intelligent technology. At present, it refers to information technology, but it can't be just understood as information technology.
Second, the goals are different.
Information technology training means that trainees have information technology literacy, that is, they have the awareness, ability and morality of using information technology. The cultivation of educational technology ability is to make trainers have educational technology literacy, not only the consciousness, ability and morality of using educational technology.
Third, the content system is different.
The Significance and Function of Educational Technology in Teaching
1. Educational technology ability is an important part of teachers' professional quality.
2. Educational technology helps to promote educational informatization, promote educational reform and implement national new curriculum standards.
3. Educational technology helps to optimize the teaching process and cultivate innovative talents.