The Department of Educational Technology was established in the academic year 1981 / 1982 as the first department in Egypt and the Arab world, where the first class was enrolled in it on the hand of Dr. Fath al-Bab Abdel Halim, a well-known education scientist. Educational technology in the Arab world, Prof. Dr. Fath al-Bab Abdel Halim - a well-known educational scientist, and the department specializes in studies and research for many educational and training programs in educational technology programs. Educational and training programs in educational and information technology programs, computer teacher preparation, learning resource center specialists, and specialists in designing programs for people with special needs, and these programs included many areas that were based on curriculum, psychology, computer and information sciences.

The Department of Educational Technology is the leading department at the level of faculties of education, whether in Egypt or in the Arab world, and is the center of intellectual radiation of knowledge in the fields of educational technology and its applications, and the department is considered a distinguished tool for educational development in the field of teacher preparation and the development of his skills in the era of knowledge and technology.

The mission of the Department of Educational Technology is to maintain the status of the specialization, support it, develop its performance, and support its giving to educational institutions, with the aim of providing distinguished educational services in cooperation with the various departments of the college in preparing student teachers, in addition to preparing a new generation of specialists in educational and information technology in accordance with international quality standards based on advanced knowledge, and developing the skills of these specialists with regard to planning, preparation, implementation, evaluation, and continuous development of the entire educational process, including educational environments, human resources, equipment, teaching strategies, and information technology In addition to preparing a new generation of specialists in educational and information technology according to international quality standards based on advanced knowledge, and developing the skills of these specialists with regard to planning, preparation, implementation, evaluation and continuous development of the entire educational process, including educational environments, human resources, equipment, teaching strategies, learning resources, and support for innovative solutions to form an integrated entity that combines the real and electronic environment to achieve interesting and effective learning.