Barriers to technology integration: A time-series survey study

2019 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory M. Francom
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Technology Integration ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Barriers To Technology

New Barriers to Technology Integration and Digital Education Equity

2020 ◽  
pp. 122-136
Author(s):  
Nicholas C. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Technology Integration ◽  
Identity Development ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Student Agency ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Education Equity ◽  
Critical Areas ◽  
Barriers To Integration ◽  
Barriers To Technology

This chapter explores two critical areas essential to the implementation of next generation tools in formal learning settings: (1) persistent barriers to technology integration in schools and (2) supporting student agency through different forms of participation in technology and digital media activities. Concerns that the educational digital divide has evolved into an issue of equitable participation in producer-level technology-mediated activities have underscored the need to identify new barriers to integration and student engagement. While persistent barriers to integration continue to impact the frequency and purpose of technology use in the classroom, a re-centering of focus on agency and its relationship to students' identity development underscores the need to understand how the next generation of tools and technologies can be harnessed to overcome social and educational inequities.

scholarly journals Barriers to Technology Integration into Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language: A Case Study of Australian Secondary Schools

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
Yueying Zeng ◽  
Wenying Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Technology Integration ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Technology Learning ◽  
Technology Users ◽  
Tool Technology ◽  
Chinese Teaching ◽  
Teaching Chinese ◽  
Barriers To Technology

This case study examines the barriers to technology integration into teaching Chinese as a foreign language (CFL) in Australian secondary schools. Previous research on technology integration predominantly focused on higher education and English as a second language. This study extends the field by exploring barriers in secondary schools and targeting Chinse instruction. It identified three layers of barriers: The tool (technology), The user (teacher and student), and The tool supporter (school). This study highlights the students as technology users and as significant factors behind the teacher’s technology consideration. Among the identified barriers, most notably were limited and blocked access to technology, a lack of time for class preparation and technology learning, a lack of technology knowledge, a lack of professional development, and students’ distracting behaviours. Suggestions were made accordingly to improve tech-integrated Chinese teaching in Australian secondary schools.

scholarly journals Overcoming Second-Order Barriers to Technology Integration in K–5 Schools

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Durff ◽  
Maryfriend Carter
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Technology Integration ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Team Approach ◽  
Technology Support ◽  
Support Person ◽  
Collegial Support ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Teachers Training ◽  
Barriers To Technology

The use of technology engages students and increases academic achievement, as Tamin, Bernard, Brookhovski, Abrami, and Schmid (2011) found in a study summarizing 40 years of research on this topic. Educators face attitudinal, sociocultural, and pedagogical barriers to technology integration in spite of its positive impact on academic achievement. In this qualitative multicase study, three groups of educators were interviewed to determine how some teachers successfully overcame barriers to technology integration. Each case contained two or three teachers, one administrator, and one technology support person in each of three schools in a rural northeastern school district. The findings showed that a team approach among administrators, technology support personnel, and teachers resulted in the strongest technology integration. Successful strategies included providing appropriate professional development, building collegial support and sharing among teachers, training teachers to locate relevant technological resources, and establishing value and support for the use of technology for learning.

scholarly journals Barriers to Technology use in Large and Small School Districts

10.28945/3596 ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 577-591 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory M Francom
Keyword(s):  
Technology Integration ◽  
School Districts ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Administrative Support ◽  
Technology Tools ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Access To Technology ◽  
K 12 ◽  
Barriers To Technology Use ◽  
Barriers To Technology

Barriers to effective technology integration come in several different categories, including access to technology tools and resources, technology training and support, administrative support, time to plan and prepare for technology integration, and beliefs about the importance and usefulness of technology tools and resources. This study used survey research to compare reported barriers to technology use in smaller school districts and communities to those in larger school districts and communities. This study also sought to determine other district and classroom factors that could influence barriers to technology integration. The population for this study was current public K-12 teachers in a rural North Midwestern state. Findings indicated that teachers in smaller districts and communities reported more access to technology tools and resources and higher administrative support for the use of technology than did teachers in larger districts and communities. By contrast, teachers in larger districts and communities reported higher time to plan and prepare for technology integration.

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