Technology Integration in the Most Favorable Conditions: Findings from a Professional Development Training Program

Karasavvidis, Ilias; Kollias, Vassilis

doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-6501-0_14

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“…There is a widespread belief that such technologies will transform teaching and learning practices, making them more significant, interesting and relevant to the students, and thereby radically changing the quality of learning students experience (Karasavvidis & Kollias, 2014). Institutions in higher education are making a substantial investment in technologies to support teaching and learning (Bebell, Russell, & O'Dwyer, 2004).…”

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Integration of learning technologies into teaching within Fijian Polytechnic Institutions

Kumar

Daniel

2016

Int J Educ Technol High Educ

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In the 21 st century, learning technologies have increasingly become pervasive within various forms of learning environments. Institutions of higher education are increasingly turning to these technologies to resource and support their teaching and learning environments under distributed circumstances, face-to-face or blended. Recently, the Fijian Ministry of Education systematically introduced learning technologies into Fiji's technical colleges to support teaching and learning. However, prior to the widespread deployment of these technologies, little information was available on educators' perception of the value of these technologies, and the extent to which this could influence adoption. The purpose of this study was to gain a better understanding of lecturers' perceptions of the value of learning technologies and factors likely to influence their decisions to adopt and integrate these technologies into teaching as well as challenges they are likely to face. A survey was administered to fifty five self-selected lecturers involved in teaching within three Polytechnics in Fiji. Although overall findings suggested that lecturers strongly valued the contribution of learning technologies in enhancing student learning, a number of factors likely to influence the rapid adoption of these technologies were identified. These included attitude towards technology and perceived usefulness of technology in teaching, the institutional cultural environment, as well as resources available to support uptake. This research contributes to the growing significance of individual, contextual and cultural influences in the adoption of learning technologies into teaching.

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“…In addition, Karasavvidis and Kollias (2014) argue that the past three decades of research on technology use in teaching has failed to transform teaching and learning practices. The authors further stated two major reasons for the failure.…”

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Integration of learning technologies into teaching within Fijian Polytechnic Institutions

Kumar

Daniel

2016

Int J Educ Technol High Educ

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“…The inclusion of technology in classrooms has increased in the last decade for two main reasons: positive learning outcomes and low cost. Research has demonstrated that the use of learning technologies can increase the quality of learning and the student experience (Karasavvidis & Kollias, 2014) and the ease of access to powerful computational devices at the cheapest price (Zoya & Valeriy, 2016). According to Drent and Meelissen (2008), students can benefit from learning technologies in developing skills such as collaboration, communication and problem-solving.…”

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Gathering Researchers' Requirements to Develop a Learning Technologies Dashboard

Mena¹,

Isaías²

2019

12th IADIS International Conference Information Systems 2019

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The learning technologies area has expanded incredibly fast due to the growing and acceptance of technology in the classrooms. As a result, the data produced by students is vast and is growing in each of the learning technologies used, leading to a possibility of discovering patterns that can help to enhance the student experience. However, a clear research regarding the adoption of learning technologies and how to spread this research is limited and almost inexistent. Most of the research revolves around students or teachers disregarding the researcher's standpoint. All the tools and artefacts such as dashboards that have helped to improve both students and teachers' knowledge are absent for researchers. Hence, this paper is aimed on finding and defining the most common learning technologies platforms and tools as well as the user requirements to build a dashboard to display this information considering the researchers' objectives. In this regard, an online survey was created and sent to both researchers interested in the learning technology area and learning technologies designers. The responses were analysed with quantitative tools such as exploratory factor analysis, analysis of variance, t-tests and graphical means. The results led to the user requirements for developing a dashboard.

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Using a Research-Based Learning Environment’s Appropriation, as the Context for a Professional Development Intervention in ICT Integration in the Classroom

Kollias

Davaris

Daropoulos

et al. 2016

Research on E-Learning and ICT in Education

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Technology Integration in the Most Favorable Conditions: Findings from a Professional Development Training Program

Cited by 8 publications

References 55 publications

Integration of learning technologies into teaching within Fijian Polytechnic Institutions

Integration of learning technologies into teaching within Fijian Polytechnic Institutions

Gathering Researchers' Requirements to Develop a Learning Technologies Dashboard

Using a Research-Based Learning Environment’s Appropriation, as the Context for a Professional Development Intervention in ICT Integration in the Classroom

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