Educational technology refers to the theory and practice of optimizing education and teaching through the design, development, utilization, management and evaluation of teaching and learning processes and related resources by using various theories and technologies.

The five areas covered are:

1, learning resources;

2. Design of learning process;

3. Development of learning process;

4. Utilization of learning process;

5. Management and evaluation of learning process.

Educational technology attaches importance to the analysis and study of learners' characteristics (such as behavior level, ability, knowledge base, age characteristics, etc.). ), because the learner's situation has a direct impact on many educational decisions such as choosing goals, determining the rhythm, and determining the nature of evaluation.

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Historical origin

American educational technology was the earliest, developed clearly and completely, and had the greatest influence in the world. Other countries, such as Japan, Britain, Canada and so on, have borrowed the theoretical model of American educational technology. Britain and the United States can be typical representatives of studying the development history of educational technology.

The formation and development of American educational technology can be traced back to three aspects: first, the audio-visual teaching movement promoted the use of various learning resources in teaching; Secondly, personalized teaching promotes the formation of learner-centered personalized teaching; Thirdly, the development of teaching system method promotes the birth of instructional design as the core of educational technology theory.

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