scholarly journals Competencies, Culture, and Change: A Model for Digital Transformation in K-12 Educational Contexts

2021 ◽  
pp. 203-218
Author(s):  
Angela Elkordy ◽  
Jessica Iovinelli
Keyword(s):  
Technology Implementation ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Organizational Context ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Interconnected Systems ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
The People ◽  
Order Change ◽  
Second Order Change ◽  
K 12

AbstractOn the surface, adopting technology presents itself as a technical issue. Yet, the real challenge of digital transformation in educational contexts necessitates a second-order change to disrupt and realign interconnected systems. A significant component of digital transformation in K-12 schools is an understanding of the unique affordances of digital tools and technologies and how these can be leveraged to align with learning goals and targets to impact teaching and learning in new ways. While there are several models for innovation diffusion and technology adoption in K-12 contexts, they fall short, particularly in describing the nature and interactions of these interconnected systems. These aspects of technology implementation remain a mystery. As a result, efforts to enact change in K-12 organizations often fall short due to a lack of understanding of context, inadequate goal-setting, insufficient professional development and personalized supports to build capacity, and a failure to evaluate progress. In K-12 educational settings, the people, the competencies, and the culture, alongside the strong leadership, resources, and organizational context, are all essential to effect sustainable change. We propose a model for digital transformation that considers all of these factors and interconnected systems.

A Systems View of Jesus as Change Agent

1981 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 128-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Deschenes ◽  
Martha L. Rogers
Keyword(s):  
Change Agent ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The People ◽  
Theory Point ◽  
Order Change ◽  
Therapeutic Encounters ◽  
Second Order Change ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Gospel Message ◽  
Systems View

Jesus Christ stands out as the most effective change agent in recorded history. His therapeutic encounters and the gospel message he preached may both be understood from a brief therapy, systems theory point of view. There are two levels of understanding in Jesus’ brief encounters and communications: an earthly level and a spiritual level. Most of the people whom Christ encountered were operating on the earthly level. Christ's goal in these encounters was to move the individual from an earthly perspective to a spiritual perspective, or from their old system to a new one. It is at this point of paradigm shift that people are presented with the opportunity to make the most significant second-order change possible: salvation.

scholarly journals The Impact of a Technology-Rich Environment

2021 ◽  
pp. 135-139
Author(s):  
Dania B. Meghabghab ◽  
Catherine Price
Keyword(s):  
Technology Implementation ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Information Access ◽  
State Funding ◽  
Technology Initiative ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Impact Of Technology ◽  
K 12 ◽  
The Impact

The lottery funding for technology in the state of Georgia has reshaped the directions of K-12 schools and redefined education at all levels. The use of technology has improved information access and provided new means for information retrieval.The impact of technology integration on teaching and learning is evident in many of Georgia’s schools. The discrepancies in the allocation of state funding across school levels and among regions, however, have widened the gap between the “information rich” and the “information poor.” This paper describes the impact of Georgia’s Technology Initiative on information access, teaching, and learning. It will address key issues for creating a technology-rich environment and provides recommendations for technology implementation.

scholarly journals The Trend in Using Online Meeting Applications for Learning During the Period of Pandemic COVID-19: A Literature Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 58-68
Author(s):  
Hendri Pratama ◽  
Mohamed Nor Azhari Azman ◽  
Gulzhaina K. Kassymova ◽  
Shakizat S. Duisenbayeva
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Learning Problems ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
World Community ◽  
Outbreak Period ◽  
The People ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
The Impact

The pandemic COVID-19 has given a very significant impact on the lives of the world community, especially in the field of education. The existence of remote learning is an alternative for the community to reduce the impact of outbreaks. This alternative changes the direction of physical learning into online and virtual learning. The use of online meeting applications is an option that provides many conveniences for students and teachers to achieve learning goals without being in class. Various types of applications can be used by the needs and interests of the people. This study is carried out to examine the trend in using online meeting applications to learn during the outbreak period. This study was conducted using qualitative methods through descriptive analysis of the results of observations and documentation. This scenario shows the increment of the usage of these applications in the teaching and learning process (PP). The use of this application is very helpful in the teaching and learning process between teachers and students. Overall, there is an increasing trend and give the effect towards usage of online meeting applications in solving learning problems in the future.

scholarly journals Digital transformation in Swedish schools – Principals’ strategic leadership and organisation of tablet-based one-to-one computing initiatives

Seminar.net ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 174-187
Author(s):  
Eva Mårell-Olsson ◽  
Peter Bergström
Keyword(s):  
School Choice ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Strategic Leadership ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
One To One ◽  
K 12 ◽  
Empirical Material

This paper reports on a research study about principals’ strategic leadership and organisation of schools within established tablet-based one-to-one computing initiatives. The aim was to investigate how principals lead and guide one-to-one computing initiatives in K–12 education. The research questions focused on principals’ expressed intentions and their strategic leadership and organisation when implementing tablet-based one-to-one computing initiatives in Swedish schools. The empirical material was collected through semi-structured interviews with seven principals in five municipalities where the schools had used tablets for more than six months within a one-to-one computing initiative. The findings are organised by themes concerning one-to-one computing as a strategy to change teaching and working methods, using technology for adapting teaching and learning to every pupil’s needs, and strategies for organisation. The findings show that marketisation of schools (e.g. the school-choice reform) in combination with the annual presentation of national rankings have had an impact on the financial situations of schools because they receive a voucher for every attending pupil. The participating principals’ strategic leadership concerning their intentions and applied strategies on how to lead and organise the digitalised school are an attempt to meet the demands that the marketisation and digitalisation of Swedish schools requires.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IN EDUCATION: ACTIVE LEARNERS

2019 ◽  
pp. 14-21
Author(s):  
Sevinç GÜLSEÇEN
Keyword(s):  
Computer Games ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Electronic Music ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Technology Literacy ◽  
Digital Television ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Student Centered Learning

It is argued that the digital technology has made possible the vast range of applications and media forms including virtual reality, digital special effects, digital film, digital television, electronic music, computer games, multimedia, the Internet, the World Wide Web, digital telephony and so on [8]. Digital transformation has been particularly influential in new directions of society.Providing schools with digital technology promises a high return on investment. The presence of computers and Internet access raises technology literacy and skills, better preparing the future generations to participate in the information society [12]. To this end, schools represent ideal access points because they cover a large part of the population, especially in developing countries. Starting from 1990s, many educators have been realised the potential of Internet for educational purposes and began to introduce it into classrooms. According to [10] the popularity of web-based teaching and learning lies in the strengths of its distributed nature and the case of its browsing facility. Both the use of digital technology and increased interest in student-centered learning may lead to a significant change of the teacher’s role, as well as the recognition of the active role of the learner in the learning process.

Rediseñando las Organizaciones del Futuro. El impacto de la transformación digital en el mundo del trabajo

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 199-226
Author(s):  
Ricardo M. Piñeyro Prins ◽  
Guadalupe E. Estrada Narvaez
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Third Sector ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Digital Culture ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
The People ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
Current Scenario ◽  
The Way

We are witnessing how new technologies are radically changing the design of organizations, the way in which they produce and manage both their objectives and their strategies, and -above all- how digital transformation impacts the people who are part of it. Even today in our country, many organizations think that digitalizing is having a presence on social networks, a web page or venturing into cases of success in corporate social intranet. Others begin to invest a large part of their budget in training their teams and adapting them to the digital age. But given this current scenario, do we know exactly what the digital transformation of organizations means? It is necessary? Implying? Is there a roadmap to follow that leads to the success of this process? How are organizations that have been born 100% digital from their business conception to the way of producing services through the use of platforms? What role does the organizational culture play in this scenario? The challenge of the digital transformation of businesses and organizations, which is part of the paradigm of the industrial revolution 4.0, is happening here and now in all types of organizations, whether are they private, public or third sector. The challenge to take into account in this process is to identify the digital competences that each worker must face in order to accompany these changes and not be left out of it. In this sense, the present work seeks to analyze the main characteristics of the current technological advances that make up the digital transformation of organizations and how they must be accompanied by a digital culture and skills that allow their successful development. In order to approach this project, we will carry out an exploratory research, collecting data from the sector of new actors in the world of work such as employment platforms in its various areas (gastronomy, delivery, transportation, recreation, domestic service, etc) and an analysis of the main technological changes that impact on the digital transformation of organizations in Argentina.

SUBSTANCE ABUSE: THE NEED FOR SECOND-ORDER CHANGE

2003 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
LEONARD A. JASON ◽  
BRADLEY D. OLSON ◽  
JOSEPH R. FERRARI ◽  
MARGARET I. DAVIS
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Order Change ◽  
Second Order Change

Penggunaan Permainan Edukasi pada Pembelajaran Daring Mata Pelajaran Geografi Kelas XII di MA PPPI Miftahussalam Banyumas

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 20-22
Author(s):  
Faris Salman Faza
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Educational Games ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Qualitative Description ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Average Value ◽  
Geography Teaching ◽  
The Right

The existence of the COVID-19 outbreak has an impact on all sectors of life, one of which is in the education sector, many schools are forced to dismiss their students and teaching and learning activities are carried out online. the transition of Geography teaching and learning activities at MA PPPI Miftahussalam Banyumas from face to face to online creates new problems in learning so that a special strategy is needed in this learning. Although online learning is not effective for achieving learning goals, the teacher must be able to make new innovations so that learning objectives can be achieved. This study uses a qualitative description method by observing the behavior of students when online learning takes place. Learning online Geography class XII at MA PPPI Miftahussalam Banyumas uses educational games. This study aims to find out the right media in learning Geography class XII during the COVID-19 pandemic at MA PPPI Miftahussalam Banyumas. The results of this study showed that 76 students of class XII MA PPPI Miftahussalam Banyumas who had taken the test showed an average value> 8.00. This shows satisfactory results.

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