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Attempt an acceptable description of educational technology as a field of study. The invention of the computer has remarkably changed the educational practice the world over. With computer technology comes the information age. As succinctly put by Akindoju (2002), the computer technology has achieved a wondrous feat unifying all communication media available to man. With the advent of the computer technology comes the following developments (Conway, 1990):

(i) Electronic board similar to the white boards with special pens capable to transferring data written on it to the system;

(ii) Multimedia system equipped with a sound blaster and speakers;

(iii) CD-ROM player / DVD-ROM player (on which audio, images and video files are recorded);

(iv) Video disk player and a videotape player controlled by the personal computer PC);

(v) PC - PC conferencing mode;

(vi) The touch screen and voice recognition/communication devices for the special education students;

(vii) The digital camera that combines very well with computer where images can be shown and be manipulated / printed;

(viii) Advances in virtual reality - virtual libraries, virtual universities, etc

Your are supposed to explain how these have affected the teaching and learning.