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Shipra Publications Educational Technology In The Changing Society by Rajarshi Roy (Ed )
Educational technology is just not the mechanization of educational process, rather it emphasizes over 'techniques of teaching', 'methodology, following which teaching takes place', and 'the task of teaching' together forming the bases of learning. These come under the purview of learning technology. Therefore all these techniques, methods and teaching come under the purview of 'educational technology'.Different schools of thoughts and disciplines are engaged in developing the system of education and thereby for betterment of human society. Now-a-days good many instructional designs are in use in varying educational setups. These are the contribution of educational technology. Training psychology, cybernetic psychology and system analysis are the few examples in this context.The volume, divided into four parts viz Educational Technology as Knowledge Base; Educational Technology and Teacher; Educational Technology and its Use in Academia; and Social Perspectives of Educational Technology, accords contribution from the scholars globally, discusses the pertinent themes and concept, centering round the area, covering the dimensions 'theory' and 'practices' in changing society, which is expected to update the changing concept pertaining to educational technology.