The major of educational technology mainly trains senior professionals in the field of new technology education who are engaged in the design, development, application, management and evaluation of teaching media and teaching systems.

With the complexity of educational content and the rapid development of information technology, modern education needs to closely combine educational theory, learning theory and teaching practice, and comprehensively use multimedia to teach, so that the educated can make full use of vision and hearing to acquire more knowledge in a limited time. The pursuit of vivid images and sounds, vivid colors and flexible expressions in the teaching process makes educational technology have broad development prospects.

Several general directions:

1. The educational technology departments of normal and non-normal schools are engaged in education and teaching, mainly targeting graduate students, doctoral students and undergraduates;

2. Audio-visual education centers (stations) in various provinces, cities and counties are mainly engaged in audio-visual education management, project research, and education informatization construction ("school-to-school communication" project, information technology education), and the main targets are graduate students and undergraduates;

3. The propaganda and education departments of ministries, armies, factories, mines and foreign-funded enterprises, especially the training of enterprise employees, are new hot spots, mainly aimed at undergraduates;

4. Primary and secondary schools mainly focus on audio-visual education management, courseware making and information technology education courses, mainly for undergraduates and junior college students;

5. TV stations and radio stations at all levels make educational programs, mainly for undergraduates.