LEARNING DIARY ON EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY.

LEARNING DIARY ON EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY.


INTRODUCTION:
On 24th April, 2009. The topic discussed was Educational Technology; it is a good topic which is based on studying by helping with technology which is the debating issues in the World about the technology for example the use of computers and other peripheral for studying. The following is the fully explanation of the topic,the topic was presented by Mr. Bahart Sanga and Austin Godfrey the research field presented was good and understood well.

Educational technology (also called learning technology) is the study and ethical practice of facilitating learning and improving performance by creating, using and managing appropriate technological processes and resources. Education technology
It includes the system used in the process of developing human capability.


The Characteristics of educational technology;
It involves input, out put and process aspects of education; in this case when we are talking about the input we mean that you should have supposed materials to help and facilitate learning for example computers and peripherals that can help and faster to do work effectively. Process, it generate situation for presenting the subject -matter systematically. Input, it involves the skill of teaching and awareness of teaching and training methods. Out put, it includes mainly the terminal behaviour of the activities or it clarifies the objectives achieved through the content.

It is an application of scientific knowlege to education and training; it includes the organization of learning and conditions for realizing goals of education; it facilitates learning by control of environment, media and methods.

Major objectives of educational technology
To analyze the characteristics of the learner.
To organize the content in logical or psychological sequence
To evaluate the learner's performance in terms of achieving educational objectives.

Problems facing Educational Technology.
High cost to invest and to run these devices, and good condition area for learning most of
many areas it is not good and proper administration of these devices. Other people they failed to have the devices that helping in studies for example to buy computers and other tools facilitating in learning due to the finational problems that is a big problem facing the society, not only that even the devices still high in cost that failed people to buy.

Also we don’t have enough professional teachers and competent to help the society to use the tools of learning by using technology we have.

{Some of the Societies}
(Learned societies concerned with education technology include)‏

Association for Education Communication and Technology.(AECT). Is an academic and professional association.
Headquarters is in Bloomington, Indiana.
Move from Washington DC in 1996
Association for Leaning Technology (ALT).
Association for Leaning Technology(ALT).Is a united kingdom professional body
It brings together people with the interest in the use of learning technology.
ALT was founded in 1993.
Registered (charity number 1063519)‏
The aims of these organisation to…
Contribute to the development of policy.
Spread good practice in the use of learning technology.
Represent and support its members and provide devices for them.

Future.
In order to have a good skills in education we are supposed even to learn more about this changes of technology forexample the use of computers that will help us to develop in academic matters, therefore to have a good technology realised that all academic matters will be run faster and easy in simplification when working or applied.