International Journal of
Information and Education Technology

Abstract

Education can not be separated from media technology. The change of education is closely related to the change of media technology. But the change of media technology does not necessarily bring about the change of education. To promote the effective use of media technology in the field of education requires a thorough understanding of the role of media technology and education. By referring to the process of social change by changing technology and combining the characteristics of education, a model of media technology influencing education is constructed and applied in case analysis. It is found that the influence of media technology on education is a cycle of solving the two problems, namely, the contradiction between supply and demand of education and the function playing of media technology. This process starts with the needs of educational change, and finally realizes the development of education through changing the media technology and playing the function of media technology.