The Role of Technology

in Delivering the Curriculum

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Identify objectiv

es

Identify instructional goals

Assess instructi

on

Revise instructi

on

Implement

instruction

Analyze

learners

Identify and

assess instructional media technolog

y

Plan instructio

nal activities

Choose an instructional media

A Systematic Planning Process

Non-projected Media

Projected Media

Types of Instructional

Media/Technology

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Non-projected Media

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Real objectsModelsField tripsKitsPrinted materials

(books, worksheets)

Visuals (drawings, photographs, graphs, charts, posters)

Visual boards (chalkboard, whiteboard, flannel board. etc.)

Audio materials

Projected MediaOverhead transparencies

Opaque projectionSlidesFilmstripsFilmsVideo, VCD, DVDComputer / multimedia

presentations

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Factors for Technology Selection

1. Practicality – Is the equipment (hardware) or already prepared lesson material ( software) available? If not, what would be the cost in acquiring the equipment or producing the lesson in audial or visual form?

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2. Appropriateness in relation to the learners – is the medium suitable to the learners’ ability to comprehend? Will the medium be a source of plain amusement or entertainment, but not learning?

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3. Activity / suitability – will be 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 objective(s)?

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The Role of Technology in Curriculum Delivery

• 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

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• Broadening the delivery of education outside schools through non-traditional approaches to formal and informal learning, such as Open University and lifelong learning to adult learners

• Revolutionizing the use of technology to boost educational paradigm shifts that give importance to student-centered and holistic learning.

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