Article # 18: What is an educational media center? What roles and functions does an educational media center perform to serve the teaching-learning process? What elements must an EMC have for it to effectively function as one?

An Educational Media Center (EMC) is a facility of the school system to acquire, maintain, care and promote the full effective use of educational media. An EMC renders various kinds of services. Its services boil down to improving the teaching-learning process by making it more interactive, collaborative, interesting and authentic.It houses both old and new technologies meant to make learning more efficient and effective. It facilitates and ensures the optimum use of all instructional media. It organizes learning activities for students and teachers alike for them to upgrade and improve on their technology manipulative skills all for the purpose of motivation them to keep on developing their communication, analytical, integrative, creative and collaborative skills for meaningful lifelong learning.