Educational Technology And Ict In Education

The present book has two sections viz. Educational Technology and ICT in Education. Educational Technology describes about meaning, nature, scope, modalities of teaching, maxims of teaching; strategies, tactics and methods of teaching; models of teaching; management of teaching learning, lesson planning, computers in education, psychological bases of technologies in education and programmed learning. The second part has covered topics in the area of ICT in education with modern learning; transforming classroom to ICT mediated interested environment; and how to connect with the rest of the world for educational attainment.

This book aims to serve as a multidisciplinary forum covering technical, pedagogical, organizational, instructional, as well as policy aspects of ICT in Education and e-Learning. Special emphasis is given to applied research relevant to educational practice guided by the educational realities in schools, colleges, universities and informal learning organizations. In a more generic scope, the volume aims to encompass current trends and issues determining ICT integration in practice, including learning and teaching, curriculum and instructional design, learning media and environments, teacher education and professional development, assessment and evaluation, etc.

This book presents a peer reviewed selection of extended versions of ten original papers that were presented at the 15th International Symposium on Computers in Education (SIIE 2013) held in Viseu, Portugal. The book provide a representative view of current Information and Communications Technology (ICT) educational research approaches in the Ibero-American context as well as internationally. It includes studies that range from elementary to higher education, from traditional to distance learning settings. It considers special needs and other inclusive issues, across a range of disciplines, using multiple and diverse perspectives and technologies to furnish detailed information on the latest trends in ICT and education globally. Design, development and evaluation of educational software; ICT use and evaluation methodologies; social web and collaborative systems; and learning communities are some of the topics covered.

This is the transition phase for learner and teacher fraternity. Every day we are struggling hard with the technology which has encrypted in the learning and teaching field. While talking about technology, it is pertinent question whether technology can replace teacher? Whether we should forget the teacher and teaching strategies? Whether we should forget about the classroom and classroom communication process? The current book tries to deal with such several questions and takes a stand that teacher is a vital component for learning and teaching, but no doubt the role of the teacher has been transformed and become a much more demanding than the earlier. The current book has a presumption that educational technology is nothing but pursuing each and every task in the field of education in a technological way which means with minimum possible resources, minimum possible energy and efforts and with optimum utilisation of available resources. The book begins with conceptualizing educational technology. What does educational technology mean, what are its types, what are its ways, how did it evolved and developed. Then it talks about psychological bases of educational technology. Focus of it lies on the bases shared by Ausubel, Bruner, Vygotsky and Skinner. These have conceptualized learning in their way. The book briefly discusses about their views and theory. Communication in education focusses upon the classroom communication and communication in general. Various models, components and factors related to communication are dealt with in this section. Now it comes about learning aids and media in educational technology. What are various types of learning aids and how these can be understood in various ways, which learning aids are suitable for various learners, keeping in mind their various characteristics? There are various ways of classification of learning aids. The book endeavours to have a close look over various media and learning aids. Light has been thrown on the use of computer in developing learning material and how to select an appropriate media for learner. Then it discusses various learning and instructional strategies for whole group, small group and individual. System approach in education is a major field which tries to deal with problems arose in the field of education. It not only deals with the problems but also provides a scientific way to perform any task. Recent development is the application of computer and technology in education. This book deals with online learning, social networking, computer system, application and authoring systems, technology for differently abled learners. And the most important is social and ethical issues in using computers and internet especially plagiarism and copyright issues. Along with describing various aspects of computer technology in the field of education it also throws light on the most recent development in the education especially learning and teaching. These are ICT for education, web 2.0 tools in practices, open educational resources, opening up the new trend in education and OER for teaching-learning and professional development of teachers and teacher educators. These are especial features of this book which keeps in mind not only learners and their learning but also teachers and teacher educators. In single line, this book is a good resource for learners, teachers, teacher educators and all the researchers in the field of education. This would also be like a handbook for all the practitioners and stakeholders in the field of education.

With increasing global challenges, the Belt and Road initiative seems to offer one possible platform to think about different possibilities and pathways to promote international collaboration and development covering Asia, Europe, Africa, and other countries. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in education, as a key focus, provides valuable perspectives for governments, inter-governmental and non-governmental agencies wanting to innovate and advance both ICT and education independently and collaboratively. This book highlights the burgeoning of ICT in education in eleven countries, with particular emphasis placed on the context of the Belt and Road Initiative. ICT has increasingly important roles in education including improve teaching and learning qualities, as well as equity in education. The prominent contributors describe the state-of-the-art of ICT in education in eleven countries based on six major themes (policy perspectives, infrastructure, educational resources, ICT integration into practices, students’ ICT competence, and teachers’ professional development). We hope the in-depth discussions included in this book would provoke more academic and policy insights globally.

This volume includes contributions based on selected full papers presented at the 11th Pan-Hellenic and International Conference “ICT in Education”, held in Greece in 2018. The volume includes papers covering technical, pedagogical, organizational, instructional, as well as policy aspects of ICT in Education and e-Learning. Special emphasis is given to applied research relevant to the educational practice guided by the educational realities in schools, colleges, universities and informal learning organizations. This volume encompasses current trends, perspectives, and approaches determining e-Learning and ICT integration in practice, including learning and teaching, curriculum and instructional design, learning media and environments, teacher education and professional development. It is based on research work originally presented at the conference, but the call for chapters was open and disseminated to the international community attracting also international contributions.

This book is based on the ICT integration in Education, and explores various concepts of Information and Communication Technology from Smart Classroom environment to Smart teaching learning Process. The book provides foundational knowledge needed to examine and understand the potential contributions of information and communication technology in education, including a conceptual framework for understanding the necessary components of ICT based education. This e-book is divided into three main sections. The first section is concerned with the integration of ICT to contribute substantial improvements in the educational system. This section mainly focused on the important potential tools to enable educational reform processes improving both access and quality of education. The increased diffusion of ICTs will offer potentially relevant ‘solutions’ to challenges not only at the core of the teaching and learning process itself, but also its application can accelerates and improves education system on a number of fronts i.e. use of ICT for various educational objectives, bridging the educational inequalities, with the potential of overcoming obstacles like geographical barriers, teaching learning difficulties, research and bring about transformational changes in education and in response to the information needs of the modern information times. The second section deals with concept of emergence of changing face of classroom and about the digital move that can turn a new face in the education system. Focus in mainly on smart learning environment which provides variety of smart solutions in educational challenges to enhance the quality of education and to improve the performances of both teachers and students. This section provides the acquaintance with how smart solutions transformed the conventional classrooms to an advanced student-centric online learning environment and how digital integration in education changing the approach and methodology that teachers use to teach and students learn in an innovative manner using technology.

The adequate integration of information and communication technologies (ICT) in educational and training processes is one of the biggest current challenges in education. The classroom of the present is very different from just a few decades ago, new technological tools are completely transforming its characteristics and activities. This internationally authored book offers a timely, effective and practical vision of this new educational scenario. The book takes a multidisciplinary approach in looking at the problems and possible solutions that are faced by the educational professional of the 21st century when, by necessity or obligation, they face the use of ICT in their daily tasks. Divided into two parts, one theoretical and another practical, this book offers the highlights of the most important lines of research that are being developed today in educational technology, and importantly presents the innovations which have had the most impact over recent years. From the profound transformations in the physical classroom to everything that involves new virtual scenarios, where online teaching requires innovative strategies and training processes, this book describes the diverse scenarios that ICT has generated and will continue to generate in the field of education. It presents a new and a very different type of education that can be adapted to the needs of the citizen of the digital society.