شبكة المعلومات العربية التربوية

The study aims at identifying the effect of a suggested training program in developing the educational media specialist's skills to promote the educational process in the light of modern technology. The program includes information, skills and instructions that aim at the scientific planning of introducing educational issues and the educational process issues. The present study is important for it draws the attention of educationalists to the role played by educational media in developing the social reality as far as possible to build up a database about the role of educational media in promoting the educational process; to provide media educationalists with an effective strategy for developing their performance and teaching; and to help the officials design teaching programs for developing media educational specialists and design tools for assessing the effectiveness of these programs. This study paves the area for other studies for promoting different strategies in developing the educational process in the light of modern challenges. The study used both the descriptive the study used the descriptive approach, and the approach quasi-experimental and quasi-experimental approaches. The sample consisted of 60 educational media specialists of Menoufia educational district. They are all graduates of specific education faculty, educational media department, and work in both preparatory and secondary stages during the school years 2014 and 2015. The study depended on an achievement test tool to measure the sample members’ cognitive aspect, and an educational product evaluation card to measure their performative aspect. The study proved that there is a statistically significant difference at (0.05) between means of scores obtained by the experimental group in pre-post applications of the cognitive aspect of educational media specialists favoring the post application, and there is a statistically significant difference at (0.05) between means of scores obtained by the experimental group in pre-post applications of the performative aspect of educational media specialists favoring the post application. (Published Abstract)