understanding of educational technology

  Educational technology is a way to achieve educational goals by using technology tools produced by humans to help foster students' creative thinking in an education system. Educational media is one type of incentive for students to occur in a learning activity. Learning media combining concrete experiences helps students to combine previous experiences so that it is easier to learn abstract concepts that are difficult to study and record in student memory.

     Technology and media have an important role in learning. When learning is centered on the teacher, technology and media play a role in supporting the presentation of learning. On the other hand, when learning is centered on students, students will as media users and users of technology and media to present the results of thought, research results and so forth. But in general, the important role of technology and media occurs when learning is centered on the teacher. One of the roles of technology and media is to serve the changing learning environment. Technology will help in the presentation of learning media.

Broadly speaking, the role of technology and media in learning include:

1. As an Additional Role

2. As a Compliment

3. As a Substitute