Educational technology is the use of both physical
hardware and educational theoretic. It encompasses several domains
including computer-based training, online learning, and where mobile
technologies are used. Accordingly, there are several discrete aspects to
describing the intellectual and technical development of educational
technology:
An educational technologist is someone who
is trained in the field of educational technology. Educational technologists
try to analyze, design, develop, implement, and evaluate process and tools to
enhance learning . While the term educational technologist is
used primarily in the United States, learning technologist is
synonymous and used in the UK as
well as Canada
Educational technology as "the study and ethical
practice of facilitating learning and improving performance by creating, using
and managing appropriate technological processes and resources".It
denoted instructional technology as "the theory and practice of design,
development, utilization, management, and evaluation of processes and resources
for learning". As such, educational technology refers to all valid
and reliable applied education sciences, such as equipment, and in a given
context may refer to theoretical, algorithmic or heuristic processes: it does
not necessarily imply physical technology. Educational technology is the
process of integrating technology into education in a positive manner that
promotes a more diverse learning environment and a way for students to learn
how to use technology as well as their common assignments.