Innovations in Educational Technology

Educational Technology is the systematic application of scientific knowledge about teaching-learning and conditions of learning to improve the efficiency of teaching and learning.

Educational technology research always had an ambitious agenda. Sometimes it only aims at increased efficiency or effectiveness of current practice, but frequently it aims at pedagogical change. While it can be considered as a design science, it also addresses fundamental issues of learning, teaching and social organization and therefore, makes use of the full range of modern social science and life science methodology.

Scope and Significance of Educational Technology are summarized as: Analysis of the process of teaching and learning, spelling out the educational goals or objectives, development, selection and use of the appropriate audio-visual aids, effective utilization of the hardware and mass media to provide essential feedback and control through evaluation and teaching preparation or teaching training.

There is hardly available any edited/text book which covers concepts of innovations in educational technology. The present edited book is an outcome of the lectures contributed by the resource persons and the participants of most prestigious of ICAR sponsored winter school on “Innovations in Educational Technology” organized at the department of extension education, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, MPUAT. The book covers topics viz., overview of Educational Technology, curriculum development, motivation and behavior, Traditional media in agricultural education, answering and asking questions, role of A.V. aids for effective communication in teaching and learning process, cone of experience, e- learning, effective communication skills, writing skills and nonverbal communication etc.

Contents: 1. Overview on Education Technology/U. S. Sharma. 2. Ice Breaking and Rapport Building (Micro Lab)/K. L. Dangi. 3. An Overview of Educational Technology/Vikramaditya Dave. 4. Human Resource Development in India: Present Concern and Future Strategies/Mamta Kumari. 5. Non-Verbal Communication (NVC) Action Speaks Louder than Words!!/K. L. Dangi. 6. Harnessing ICTs Potentials in Agriculture for Sustainable Development/Dipak De. 7. Motivation and Work/Baldeo Singh. 8. Traditional Media Role, Relevance and Innovations/K. L. Dangi. 9. E-Learning Tools for Empowering Agricultural Education/G. M. Chaudhari1 and B. Swaminathan. 10. Teacher Empowerment Strategies/Sandhya Morwal. 11. Teachers Role in Learners Motivation/Latika Sharma. 12. Teachers Self-Evaluation /Performance Appraisal: An Essential Skill for Better Organization/Rajendra Singh Rathore and Deepak Chaturvedi. 13. Motivation and Behaviour/Atul Shanker Arora. 14. Life -Long Learning for Development of Life Skills/Chitra Henry. 15. Effective Writing/Shanti R. Patil. 16. Instructional Material for Extension of Agricultural Technology among Farming Community/B. S. Meena and S. R. Verma. 17. Curbing of Ragging and Anti-Social Acts in SAUs/Shashidhara K. K. 18. Development of Life Skills/Arvind Ashiya. 19. The Experiential Learning Cycle/Piyush Jani. 20. Use of Audio Visual Aids/S. S. Sisodia. 21. Abridging the Digital Divide through Instructional Materials/M. Rajavel, R. Dhivya and J. Venkata Pirabu. 22. Effective Communication Skill/Narendrasinh B. Chauhan. 23. Role Play/F. L. Sharma. 24. Role of AV Aids in Teaching and Learning Process/F. L. Sharma. 25. Curriculum Development for Formal Education in Agriculture through Cause and Effect Diagram (Fish Bone Exercise)/Barkha Gupta. 26. Ways and Means to Improve Communication Skill/Chitranjan Sharma. 27. Writing Skill/Ommala D. Kuchanwar. 28. Use of Photography in Developing Visual Aids for Effective Communication/Narinder Paul. 29. Status of Higher Agricultural Education in India/R. L. Soni. 30. Relevance of Educational Technology and Educational Media in Technical Education/Deepak Chaturvedi and Rajendra Singh Rathore. 31. Preparation and use of Low Cost Visual/Arvind Kumar Saxena. 32. Rural Agriculture Work Experience (RAWE)/R. L. Solanki. 33. Learning through Experience/Virendra Singh. 34. Public Speaking/D. C. Pant. 35. Secret of the Progress: Life or Soft Skills/Narendrasinh B. Chauhan. 36. Higher Education in Agriculture with Special Reference to Extension Education/Baldeo Singh. 37. Agricultural Universities and its Grading Pattern/Balwant Meshram. 38. Conceptual Framework and Guidelines for Curriculum Development in Agricultural Universities/Barkha Gupta. 39. Photography for Visuals in Educations/Munish Sharma and Anil Kumar. 40. Rural Women and Indian Agriculture/Brijendra Singh Rajawat. 41. Curriculum Design and Development/Ragini Ranawat. 42. Answering and Asking Question during Examinations/Anita Rathore. 43. Multiple Choice Type Questions/E. V. Divakara Sastry. 44. Tie-Up with Foreign SAUs for Higher Education/Anil Kumar. 45. Stress Management/R. S. Doware. 46. Training Evaluation/Narendra Singh.