PEDAGOGICAL FOUNDATIONS IN EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

Lesson 1:
Understanding
Educational
Technology, Its
Nature, Scope and
Characteristics

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Learning Activity
Directions: Watch this short video.

Guide questions:
1. Describe today’s learners, Cite specific learning styles these students
demonstrates.
 Today, learners learned best through the involvement of
technologies. They consult different search engines and websites to
find an information that would fit to their needs.
2. What does it mean to teach in 21st Century?
 To teach in 21st Century is all about not just focus on what teachers
can provide such as content, facts, dates, formulas, research,
theories, stories and information but to teach students to find
information in social media through different resources (bing, google,
yahoo, etc.). However, teachers must facilitate learners and show
them how to validate information, synthesize information, leverage
information, communicate information, collaborate information and
problem solve with information. Also, teaching does not only mean
that you as a teacher will provide all of the information but you will
facilitate their knowledge and understanding also called as ”learner-
centered teaching”

3. What specific skills teachers must have to address the learning styles of the
21st century learners?
 Activities that are needed to support the learning styles of the 21 st
century learners are must be collaborative and cooperative in
enhancing new skills. Skills that provide engagement among learners
to improve their critical thinking, creativity, problem solving, and to
create meaningful information.

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Learning Activity

Directions:

 Create collaborative learning groups.

 From the different definitions of educational technology, pick one
key word that usually appears in definition.
 For example you have chosen the word “learning” or “process”
which appear in several definitions. Discuss this chosen word with
your group mates and why this particular word comes out in
definition of educational technology.
 In three sentences, define educational technology based on your
understanding.
 Be ready to share your group output in class.

Educational technology serves as an instrument to improve the teaching

and learning process. It provides and fulfils the gaps and necessities to supply
needed information in learning. Also, it associate the responsibilities to use and to
implement it properly that will result to better understanding and improve the
learners critical thinking, creativity, problem solving skills, and organization of
ideas.