Educational technology

Educational technology is the study and ethical practice of facilitating learning and improving performance by creating, using and managing appropriate technological processes and resources.
Educational technology is most simply and comfortably defined as an array of tools that might prove helpful in advancing student learning.
Educational Technology includes, but is not limited to, software, hardware, as well as Internet applications and activities.

Some benefits of learning technology:
- Easy-to-access course materials
- Student motivation
- Wide participation
- Improved student writing
- Subjects made easier to learn
- A structure that is more amenable to measurement and improvement of outcomes. With proper structuring it can become easier to monitor and maintain student work while also quickly gauging modifications to the instruction necessary to enhance student learning

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_technology