The development of technology and its role in teaching

• Author: Anila Aliko
• Position: Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tirana, Albania
• Pages: 94-98

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Vol. 3 No. 2

September, 2017

Balkan Journal of Interdisciplinary Research

IIPCCL Publishing, Graz-Austria

ISSN 2410-759X

Acces online at www.iipccl.org

The development of technology and its role in teaching

Anila Aliko

Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tirana, Albania

Abstract

Theteaching andthe learningprocess havean importantrole onthe reformsin education

considering them as specic and complex processes The education system is adapted

accordingtwomain elementsthe rst isabout thelearner who isan objectivefactorand

thatthat should bewell preparedThe secondelement isabout theamountof knowledge

whichisasubjectivefactorthatshouldbeacquireddepending onthelevelandthelearners

ageIn thecurriculum thisdeterminedandorganizedknowledge shouldbe transmiedto

thelearnersthroughvariousdidacticmethods andusefulmeans Inourtimestheusageof

dierenttechnological toolsiswidespread andit isaccessible inthe educationsystem not

onlyasan innovativemethodbutalsoasacrucialin knowledgedevelopmentaccordingto

thenewmethodsintheteachingprocessHoweverthiscanchangeeventhoughthelearners

levelitisdeterminedandtheyaredividedindierentclassroomsandthiswideusageofthe

informationtechnologyishorizontal butalsoverticalNowadaysschoolsarefurnishedwith

cabinetsof informaticswhich areused forthebenetofthelearningprocess andthey are

mainlyusedbypupilsTheaimofthispaperistogiveanoverviewofthetechnologyusedin

the teaching process in Albanian schools and the accessibility to this technology.

Keywords: technology, teaching, education, innovation.

Introduction

Teachingischangingandtheimplementationofdierentmethodsistransformingit

intoachallengingjobThelatestdevelopmentsintechnologyfromyeartoyearclaim

thattheeducationandthepreparationofthenewgenerationmustbefarawayfrom

isolatedteachingandlearningwiththeaimtotransformtheunreadableinformation

intoanactiveprocessofteachingNowadaysteachersandprofessorsareenriching

theteaching processwithnew technologyelements Inthe majorityof publicand

private high schools, teachers have started to include multimedia elements in their

teachingIn thearea ofeducationtechnologyandespeciallytheuse ofcomputers

haveincreasedinarelativelyshortperiodoftimeandnowithasbecomepartofour

livesInAlbaniathisprocessisinitsbeginningsbutweareontimetoupdatewith

thelatest changesof thisnew technologyin everyaspectofourlivesEducational

technology is an important branch of the modern teaching.

Despitethefactthatnewtechnologyhashelpedimprovingthelearningandteaching

processthereareunintendedeectsthataccompanytheadoptionoftechnological

innovation The problems include technology supported cheating opportunities

communications-related distractions from emails, instant messaging, computer

games web surng and other personal projects lack of engagement with the

instructionalseingetcNworieHaughton