Lesson 2

The Role of Technology

in Delivering the
Curriculum

Instructional media may also
be referred to as media
technology, or simply
technology. Technology plays a
crucial role in delivering
instruction to learners.




Table 1 Types of Instructional Technology
Factors for Technology Selection

Practicality
Appropriateness in relation to the
learners
Activity / Suitability
Objective-matching
The Role of Technology In Curriculum Delivery
First Trend: Paradigm shift from teacher-
centered to student-centered approach to
learning

Second Trend: Broadening realization that
education is not simply a delivering of facts
and information, but an educative process of
cultivating the cognitive, affective,
psychomotor, and much more the
contemplative intelligence of the learners of a
new age.
Third Trend: The use of new information and
communication technology or ICT
The primary roles of educational technology in delivering the
school curriculums instructional programs have been identified:

Upgrading the quality of teaching-and learning in schools
Increasing the capability of the teacher to effectively
inculcate learning, and for students to gain mastery of
lessons and courses


Broadening the delivery of education outside schools
through non-traditional approaches to formal and
informal learning, such a Open Universities and lifelong
learning to adult learners

Revolutionizing the use of technology to boost educational
paradigm shifts that give importance to student-centered
and holistic learning