Roles and Functions of an Educational Media Center
Lesson 18.
"We have said that the best ideas in the world are to be found in a modern library. But the modern educational media center must include excellence in varied media - not merely in printed materials." - Edgar Dale
What is educational
media center?
The Educational Media
Center functions as a vital instrument as well as a basic requirement for
quality education by enriching all parts of the school's educational process.
And it is designed for the housing and utilization of all educational media
with in the school. To do its job, the Center has a collection of audio-visual
facilities including cassette tape recorders, slide/tape recorders and
projectors, film and film strip projectors, overhead and opaque projectors,
video camera and other production hardware and equipment. For the most part,
the Center serves as a laboratory for undergraduate and graduate students
enrolled in Educational Technology courses.
The mission of the
Educational Media Center (EMC) is to provide quality support for teaching and
learning through the integration and use of technology.
Roles of EMC center
for resources. laboratory for learning agent of teaching service agency
coordinating agency recreational reading center a stepping stone to the other
recreational activities in school.
FUNCTIONS OF EMC
Media and instruction
the instructional media services classroom facilities media program
Responsibility of Media
Specialist in Education Plan instructional programs Share information about
resources and search strategies Help with the operation of a peace of Help with
the operation of a piece of equipment Suggest specific resources for a
particular unit particular unit Provide conducive learning environment Basic
Services of Educational Media Center Accessibility of Resources Collection
Reference Instruction Production Consultation
REFLECTION
This chapter allow
,the us to understand the roles and function of the educational media center
that there are a process or system in every experience that we encounter in
establishing the learning integration by using the instructional media’s.
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