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EDU332:Educational Technology

What Will You Learn?

Below are the overall objectives of the course. By meeting these objectives, you should have achieved the aims of the course as a whole. On successful completion of the course, you should be able to:

  • Explain the meaning of such terms like: educational technology, instructional technology, technology I, technology II and technology III.
  • Trace the historical development of educational technology at the local and global levels.
  • Identify and discuss the various elements of communication process.
  • Apply the principles of communication process to classroom situation.
  • Define systems approach and discuss the various principles of systems approach.
  • Explain the need for including ICTs into teacher education programme.
  • Produce instructional materials.
  • Justify the need for the inclusion of EDU 332 in teacher education programme in Nigeria.
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1 Semester
Level
300 Level
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The course EDU 332 consists of 15 units. Specifically, the course discusses the following:

  • Meaning of Educational Technology
  • Instructional Technology
  • History of Educational Technology
  • Historical Development of Educational Technology in Nigeria
  • The Communication Process
  • Definition of Terms
  • Systems Approach
  • Factors or Methods, Media Selection, Time and Evaluation
  • The Place of Information and Communication Technology in Distance Education
  • Educational Resource Centres (ERC)
  • Techniques of Instructional Media Production
  • Improvisation
  • Lettering
  • Production of Audio Media
  • Production of Visual and Audio Visual Media
  • Photography
  • Instructional System Design and Development.
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