Educational Technology

Description
In this era of the digital, scientific, and technological world our life is fully influenced by technology and its components in handling and coping with day-to-day affairs, on both professional as well as personal front. The same applies in the field of education, and technology definitely helps to make learning more comprehensive and easy.
To know and understand the components of educational technology, we should first understand what do we mean by education, technology, and educational technology and what is its significance and importance in today’s digital world.

The Meaning Of Educational Technology
Education involves equipping and enriching a child’s mind and preparing him to face the world, through various teaching methods and strategies. In the earlier time, a very traditional method for imparting education was followed. But with passing time lot of technological progress has been made and as we have entered this technological world the traditional method of spreading education is hardly found and various technological methods have been adopted to make learning impactful.
So basically educational technology is a science encompassing scientific methods and techniques and the usage of hardware and software to accomplish educational goals. Uno Cygnaeus is considered to be the father of educational technology. Hence, basically, technology is used as a tool as well as a medium to enhance the teaching and learning process.
Educational technology has indeed contributed majorly in igniting the teaching field. By utilizing the relevant and latest electronic devices and technologies it has not only helped with classroom management but also upgraded the learning management system. It also plays a major role in establishing a strong connection and collaborative communication with teachers and students.
Again, it not only helps in assessing student learning but also expanding their learning through various social media and also helps them in building a professional learning network. The teachers should definitely explore this area very minutely and in a detailed way and select the tools, devices, and applications which is best suited for their students. Along with the selecting ability, they should be creative and imaginative enough, so that they can utilize these applications to the maximum in their teaching practice and also self-evaluate as well as evaluate the whole process from time to time to check out the scope for improvement.
Disclaimer
This application shows the components of educational technology and elements of quality of education.