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The Impact of Technology in Education Process
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author note

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The quality of education has always been a matter of concern in the society. The
implementation of ICT in the education system, in general, has been done to increase the benefits
and opportunities of information and communication technologies in order to improve the overall
standard of education (Ghavifekr and Rosdy, 2015, p.17). Several administrations and different
governments all around the world are putting in efforts and strategies and implementing several
rules and regulations to develop the education system by providing all the required types of
equipment and resources in the schools and other education sectors, including technological
facilities as well as basic essential resources. Technology has played an important role in the
process of teaching and learning methodology. Due to the introduction of technology, the entire
education method has transformed and evolved in a new way. The technological education
process maintains the interest of both teacher and student by making the procedure much more
exciting. Technological innovation has never failed in grabbing people's attention and making
them curious in every aspect of life, so that is what technology is doing in terms of teaching and
learning process as well (Price and Kirkwood, 2014, p.549-564). Together with technology, the
internet has also taken over the world in every aspect. The Internet has shown a very tangible
impact on teaching-learning methodology by making all the learning materials along with other
information related to every topic possible available online. In recent times, learning materials
regarding different subjects, themes, and so on are readily available and accessible on the
internet in the form of videos, PDFs, Enotes, Ebooks, and many other types of information
(Forsyth,2014,p.191). Students are getting benefited by the use of technology and the internet in
terms of learning methods by making notes on a computer, laptop or any other source of
technology and getting information from the internet for their preferred topic in different
websites in written form or video or any other form (McConnell, 2014, p.). (Simelane and Mji,

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2014, p.511-521) states, Technology has strengthened the education process just like other
sectors; it has not only improved the condition of learners' learning methods but has also added
many advancements in the teacher's teaching method. The use of digital boards has replaced the
traditional blackboards for good, as a teacher can show and explain ten times more content,
picture, videos in detail at a time for only one topic which is not possible to do on a regular
board. Also, teachers take the help of internet videos and notes in order to explain a specific
topic in the class. Teacher these days has started carrying tabs and kindle in place of regular
books, which has decreased the load of bringing books and notes (McKnight et al., 2016, p.194-
211). According to Mawasi (2014),UNESCO has shared the knowledge that the application of
ICT has played the most vital role in making the process of education accessible to all UNESCO
believes that education is for all and technology has helped in accessing education universally
(Watkins, 2014, p.55). Theories of education have thrown light on the basis of understanding the
process of learning, how to learn and understand and gather knowledge and information, how to
analyze and examine the info, how to explain and describe and so on. The purpose of this study
is to evaluate the role of technology in the teaching and learning process and critically analyse
the ICT model in terms of the education method.
This paper focuses on the teaching and learning methodology and the implementation and
impact of technology in this field. The following section of the paper will shed light on the
concept of learning and teaching theories; then it will examine and evaluate the ICT model of
learning followed by a brief elaboration of four learning theories, namely, objectivism,
constructivism, speculative approach, connections.
The method of teaching and learning is inter-related. It assassins to impart knowledge,
behaviour, values, and the transmission of skills and attitude. The prime role of education is to

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create an environment where a student or a learner, in general, can learn and will engage and
enable interaction with the process, understanding, and application of concepts, knowledge, and
information. A teacher has various responsibilities, such as selecting a topic, preparing to learn,
delivering it in the classroom, assessment, and then outcome. For a teacher, only subject
knowledge and information is not enough; it also requires the ability to make a student learn by
applying different strategies.
On the other hand, in the learning process, the role of a learner or a student is to acquire
skills, information, and knowledge by practising, gathering experiences, studying, or being
taught. In the teaching-learning process, the motive is always learner-centric. The primary
essential requirement for a pleasant teaching-learning atmosphere are classroom, blackboard, a
qualified teacher, student, textbook, charts, graphs, picture cards, and so on, but the application
of technology in education has opened countless possibilities in terms of teaching and learning.
Technology has made the learning and teaching process much more exciting and demolished the
concept of rote learning to some extent. It has given new meaning to the world of education and
improved the interaction between student and teacher. Students of this modern time are all about
using technology in all aspects of life, so technological knowledge will attract them more
towards learning as hard copy notes and books are all replaced by online sources like PDFs,
online notes, videos and presentations. (Henriksen, Mishra and Fisser, 2016, p.27-37) states,
Teacher also find that the implementation of technology makes the teaching process much more
comfortable, convenient and exciting as they can explain a particular topic by showing examples
in the form of pictures, videos, presentations, and movies as well, which are entirely different
from the traditional style of teaching where textbook is the only source of information. Also, the
usage of hyphenate has decreased the unnecessary load of books, as anyone can carry Ebooks in

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their system or mobiles and can read wherever and whenever. The usage of videos related to any
particular subject helps the learners to audio-visually experience the story or any topic in general,
which does help in understanding any remembering and further doing any work on it. (Ertmer,
Ottenbreit and Tondeur, 2014, p.403), states the usage of online notes and PDFs saves
unnecessary space and loads of paper notes and makes it easier to carry and read in any place
Although, we can not say that the old teaching-learning process was faulty or it was not fruitful
enough but we are bound to consider the fact that technology usage has made the process of
learning much more adaptable for a maximum number of learners. In the previous style of the
teaching-learning process, many students remain unable to understand whatever is taught to them
due to lack of information and rote style of teaching just by using the book and minimal sources
of example. (Oleson and Hora, 2014, p.29-45),states that however, when it comes to the
technological education process, it gives enormous examples and opportunities to the slow
learners to learn a particular topic in one or the other way and also makes the learning process
much more fun in comparison to the old method which was tedious and monotonous
(Tondeur, Van Braak, Ertmer and Ottenbreit, 2017, p.555-575) states,the implementation
of technology in the teaching and learning process or school, in general, has shown a lot of
positive changes, as it made the process much more exciting and fun and maintains the focus of
learners and teachers in the education process, and improved the peer and teacher relationship.
Technology and scientific innovations have proved to be a boon for the world in all aspects;
therefore, the education system is no exception. The integration of ICT in terms of education is
not only for the mainstream school students and teachers, but it is also used for the students who
are disabled in some, or the other way, means students with special needs. According to Kler
(2014)Like, peers who are visually impaired use the brail machine for studying and audio

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recordings for understanding a specific topic by hearing only, similarly students who have autism
or have hearing impairment also take the help of video clippings for learning purpose and ear
machine for the understanding possibility . In the current situation, technology has been
enhanced by the internet even more. The Internet has added to the benefit of technology in many
ways. According to Kirkwood and Price (2014),Today most of the schools have access to
technology and the internet, which has improved, modified and enhanced the learning and
teaching process as well the condition of teachers and students regarding this process.For
example, the usage of videos shown on the digital blackboards in the class related to the subject
while teaching imparts a powerful impact on students and make them understand the topic way
better. It is proved that students' learning and understanding have improved after the involvement
of technology in the classroom or the education method in general. Considering the fact that
today’s world is taken over by the commercial market, which is performed by technology and
extensive use of the internet, the integration of technology in education will help the student in
dealing with the world in their coming future. So, getting familiar with the technology and the
internet will make them understand the digital societies function better and flourish their ideas
and share them in different ways.
One of the learning theories is objectivist learning theory. This theory talks about the
student's thought process on receiving instruction depends on the activity level of the student in
acquiring knowledge. This view further states that the knowledge gained through learning is
more important than concentrating on the forms of presentation. This view is considered to be
vital because it enables educational institutions to form a precise, vivid structure. It is said that
knowledge, which is peripheral identity, is firstly understood by teachers then disseminated
among students (Berardi and Blundell,2014, p.64). The objective of this model is transmitted