EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND COMPUTER ASSISTED INSTRUCTION

COURSE 104 - EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND COMPUTER ASSISTED INSTRUCTION

Credit-04                                                                                        Marks 100

Unit-1

a)      Educational Technology: Concept, Development of ET and its ramifications – Hardware, Software and system‘s approach , role of media in instruction, ICT (Information and Communication Technology) and its application for optimizing learning outcomes.

b)      Behaviorist and Constructivist perspectives for development and design of ET.

Unit-2

a)      Models of teaching – Basic teaching model; concept attainment model and the Indian model of development and learning.

b)      Behaviour modification techniques – Simulation, micro teaching and sensitivity training procedures: ensuring holistic development.

Unit-3

a)      Communication as a process; Components of a communication process in teaching – Ensuring effective communication in the classroom with the help of ET, Instructional communication: communication models

b)      Planning, organizing, monitoring and controlling in T-L systems, Instructional objective, Designing of Instructional media – Developing unit plans, lesson plans and exercises to optimise learning outcomes.

Unit-4

a)      Examples of ET Approach – Programmed Instructional Approach, Personalised systems of Instruction; Use of Televised teaching and learning.

b)      Use of Computer in teaching – computer assisted teaching and learning, computer literacy and computer programming, developing modules for computer-aided learning. Word processing, internet accessing and use of Edu-sat, Virtual classroom, e-learning New developments in computer-assisted learning and teaching.