People often get confused between these two terms and use them interchangeably. But there is a technical difference in their connotations.
Let’s learn them one by one.
Education Technology: Education Technology relates to the utilization of specific technology in designing, developing and implementing tools or equipment such as hardware, software, and interfaces. Which intends to stimulate the education sector. Education Technology facilitates teaching-learning and augments academic performance by rendering and developing tools and resources.
In this advancement, great tech minds are assigned tasks to create data-driven and interactive applications which facilitate learning and disseminating knowledge.
Educational Technology: On contrast, Educational Technology is a set of tools and equipment deployed in Smart Classrooms to create an interactive and visual learning environment. These tools include Interactive Boards, Visualisers, Digital Podiums, Computers, Tablets, Projectors, E-Learning Software and so on. These devices are usually integrated with inter alia in order to have a collective data assessment and evaluate the performances of participants.
Please read the below article to know about all educational technologies deployed in Smart Classroom
Everything you need to know about Classroom Technologies