Maria Mercedes Trilnik Enseñar con Tecnologías 2022: The Evolution of Technology in Education-Knowledge Society.

The evolution of technology had a huge impact on all fields of education. To start with, from what is called analogical technology to Web 2.0 many changes had happened and different approaches and theories had been developed regarding the use of technology in education. In the field of language teaching studies, there are three main theories that had influenced researchers and teachers: The Structuralist perspective (“computer as a tutor” Taylor: 1980 in “Technology in Language Teaching-Learning Enseñar con Tecnologías 2022), The Constructivist/Cognitivist perspective (computer as a tool that helps the student to understand the use of language) and the Sociocognitive perspective (computers now are seen as a resource to encourage social interaction). As we may see, technology was always involved with TEFL. What is more, it provides teachers and students the opportunity to go beyond the limits of the physical environment they are in. To sum up, we are living now in the “Knowledge Society” as a consequence of the impact that technology has on our daily lives.