Publisher's Synopsis
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.
