Borja, Lucille Mae P.

2014-55017
EDUC 50 Educational Technology

A. Teacher-made vs Commercially-made Instructional Materials

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
TEACHER-MADE
INSTRUCTIONAL
MATERIALS
The material content is created for
the specific group of learners.
The teacher can manipulate the
instructional material with mastery.
TMIM are made in specific with the
learners needs and interest.
Provides opportunity for the
teacher to develop their skills in
developing creative materials for
learners.
More authentic since the examples
(e.g. in books) are adapted from the
cultural background of the learners.
Reflects content relevant to the
learners.
Can be easily revised as per student
needs.
Takes ample time in creating the
material.
May be difficult to organize.
Not as durable as the
commercially-made materials.
Not for long-term use/storage.
No back-up (e.g. modules with
hardcopy and digital copy).
May not be cost-efficient if there
are limited resources for the
material.
COMMERCIALLY-
MADE
INSTRUCTIONAL
MATERIALS
The instructor may simply
purchase a CMIM/easy to purchase.
CMIM now comes both in hardcopy
and softcopy/digital forms (e.g.
books & modules).
The images, examples, and design
are standardized.
Organized into a set and may
include manuals for both teachers
and learners.
May not be cost-efficient,
specially the materials of foreign
authors.
The teacher needs to review
more about the content of the
material.
Most of the examples (e.g. in
books) are American-based.
Needs frequent modification.






B. Media in Education: The Good and the Bad
Media has been a YINYANG in the field of education. With its many innovative aspects,
media comes also with a dark side. Education, as it seems, is controlled by media. What the
children learns today are reflected by the information that they see, hear, and get from it.
For instance, homework, projects and paper work are easily accomplished with the help of
internet. As easy as 1 2 3, and as convenient as A B C, everything that has been in question
can be accessed thru web. This sure comes handy for all, especially students, who have a lot
of things to accomplish. However, it is noteworthy that many others simply copy-paste info
from the internet; failing to realize the importance of understanding the content of the info
presented. The good thing about media is that the information is usually updated and more
entertaining. On the other side, there are no guidelines on which information is correct or is
accurate.

C. Intellectual Property Rights and Copyright
Copyright can fall under the Intellectual Property Rights. As a future educator, creating
teacher-made instructional material is inevitable. However, most of our materials in todays
educational system are adapted from foreign content. Thus, the originality of the material is
compromised. On the other hand, it is noteworthy that educators today try to be creative
and innovative. In this regard, educators still have to consider the fact that we must cite and
credit the original author or creator of the material we used as patterns. For example, it is in
my understanding that most of the modules we used during my undergrad were authored
by our college professors. Then again, it was noted that the content were gathered from
different websites, books, journals, and another module. With this, citation of the original
author/creator of the presented idea must be referenced. Another example is during
Research; citing the source of the information written in research literatures and studies is
a must to avoid plagiarism.