Educational Technology: A Comprehensive Study

Educational Technology (ET) is the efficient organisation of any learning system adapting or adopting methods, processes, and products to serve identified educational goals. This involves systematic identification of the goals of education, recognition of the diversity of learners’ needs, the contexts in which learning will take place, and the range of provisions needed for each of these. Author has embraced a broad interpretation in this book to cover instructional design approaches, learning strategies, and hardware and software. The aim of this book is to prepare students with the knowledge and skills to understand the organizational needs and requirements, and not only use and manage existing and emerging technologies effectively, to be able to apply associated pedagogies and instructional strategies appropriately and effectively, to evaluate and manage educational technology solutions, and to foresee and prepare for future possibilities. Keeping in mind the varied needs of the organizations, employees, and potential students, this book adopts a competency-based approach to learning and assessment.