Lesson 3 : The Roles of Educational Technology in Learning

Everything that is created by God has roles on earth. Just like technology, it has several roles why it exists. In this lesson, two views were given to present the roles of technology. First is the traditional point of view wherein technology serves as the delivery vehicles for instructional lessons, and serves as source and presenter of knowledge. It is assumed that "knowledge" is embedded in the technology and the technology presents that knowledge to the student. Second is the constructivist point of view which is considered as partners in the learning process, in this view, educational technology serves as learning tools that learners learn with. It provides opportunities for technology and learner interaction for meaningful learning. It is a facilitator of thinking and knowledge construction. In a short way, the difference of the two point of view on the roles of technology is simply goes like this Technology is a learning tool to learn with not to learn from.
In imparting my knowledge to my student, I will not spoon-feed them. I will make them discover all the things that they are curious upon. I am just here to support them and help them when they encounter difficulties in the learning processes.