scholarly journals Blending Online Digital Tools in Low Resourced Classrooms in Nepal

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 45-56
Author(s):  
Ashok Sapkota
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Content Knowledge ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
Classroom Teaching ◽  
Experienced Teacher ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Online Tools ◽  
Effective Use

 The wider uses of digital online tools have been explicitly practised in the educational spheres including access and use of technology in Nepal during the pandemic situation, like COVID 19. This article focuses on the use of six different digital online tools which could be effectively blended in face-to-face and distance classroom teaching by teacher educators to reshape the way they teach. It links the idea of tech integration along technological, pedagogical and content knowledge (TPACK) model in the use of technology. The data elicited from the narratives of ten experienced teacher educators relate the grassroots challenges in the use of tech tools to foster the professional identity of teachers. It further discusses the effective use of digital online tools even in the difficult circumstances minimizing the challenges and digital divide.  

Academics' Perceptions of Using Technology with Face-to-Face Teaching

2015 ◽  
pp. 1373-1388
Author(s):  
Geraldine Torrisi-Steele
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Technical Support ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
Teaching With Technology ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Teaching Tools ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Technology In Teaching ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
Intended Use

Many academics are using technology in their teaching, and universities are strongly involved in the provision of support to help academics make the most effective use of the technology. How academics perceive technology for teaching partly filters their response to the provided support. It is therefore useful to explore academics' perceptions of the use of technology in teaching. The study (N=53) reported on in this chapter provides insights into academic perceptions of teaching with technology by addressing the questions: (1) Which teaching tools (both face-to-face teaching and digital) are most popular? (2) For what purpose are the tools being used? (3) Do academics intend to extend their current use of technology with face-to-face teaching for the purposes of implementing learning strategies? and (4) Which feasibility conditions do academics perceive to be important to the realization of their intended use of technology ? The results of the study show that, for the academics in the study, face-to-face teaching is perceived as the preferred tool, especially for learning purposes such as helping students to understand concepts. The use of technology by the academics was limited to the simpler digital tools, and these were used mostly for non-learning-related purposes such as communication. However, the academics expressed the intent to increase their use of technology for improving learning in the future, and perceived feasibility conditions such as professional and technical support, teaching facilities, and especially time to be important to the realization of their intentions.

Academics' Perceptions of Using Technology with Face-to-Face Teaching

2014 ◽  
pp. 1135-1150
Author(s):  
Geraldine Torrisi-Steele
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Technical Support ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
Teaching With Technology ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Teaching Tools ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Technology In Teaching ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
Intended Use

Many academics are using technology in their teaching, and universities are strongly involved in the provision of support to help academics make the most effective use of the technology. How academics perceive technology for teaching partly filters their response to the provided support. It is therefore useful to explore academics' perceptions of the use of technology in teaching. The study (N=53) reported on in this chapter provides insights into academic perceptions of teaching with technology by addressing the questions: (1) Which teaching tools (both face-to-face teaching and digital) are most popular? (2) For what purpose are the tools being used? (3) Do academics intend to extend their current use of technology with face-to-face teaching for the purposes of implementing learning strategies? and (4) Which feasibility conditions do academics perceive to be important to the realization of their intended use of technology ? The results of the study show that, for the academics in the study, face-to-face teaching is perceived as the preferred tool, especially for learning purposes such as helping students to understand concepts. The use of technology by the academics was limited to the simpler digital tools, and these were used mostly for non-learning-related purposes such as communication. However, the academics expressed the intent to increase their use of technology for improving learning in the future, and perceived feasibility conditions such as professional and technical support, teaching facilities, and especially time to be important to the realization of their intentions.

Students Serving Moms and Meeting the Social and Emotional Needs of Children

2021 ◽  
pp. 283-321
Author(s):  
Megan Reister ◽  
Mary Andren ◽  
Madelyn A. Dichard
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Developmentally Appropriate ◽  
Teacher Preparation Program ◽  
Emotional Needs ◽  
Or Education ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Service Project ◽  
The Social

This chapter focuses on early childhood, the social and emotional needs of children and their families, use of technology, and use of children's literature in both print form and through digital means. Readers will learn about a service project called Students Serving Moms. Through this service project, pre-service teachers, or education majors, from a teacher preparation program alongside other college students at the university, work with families in the community. This relational service project continued in spite of restrictions from the pandemic due to the members of Students Serving Moms embracing change and using virtual means to work with the children of all abilities and ages in efforts to meet the social and emotional needs of the children. This chapter will benefit teacher educators who may want to replicate this service project at their institutions whether virtually or through face-to-face means. Pre-service teachers will also benefit from reading this chapter as they consider ways they can create connections with children through developmentally appropriate practices.

The Blended Learning Classroom

2008 ◽  
pp. 57-80
Author(s):  
Karen García ◽  
Renata Suzuki
Keyword(s):  
Blended Learning ◽  
Social Software ◽  
Development Activity ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Professional Development Activity ◽  
Use Of Resources ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Online Tools ◽  
Course Material

This blended learning classroom (BLC) case study identifies and describes successful procedures and methodologies that widen the use of online tools in virtual environments. It provides a systematic and organized access to the plethora of free social software available online for the development of collaborative learning activities. The goal of this particular BLC professional development activity was to offer a face-to-face group of English teachers in Venezuela the opportunity to meet members of an international community of practice (CoP) and together review a packaged learning course material online. Blended technology, the mix and match of available tools, served to display the wide use of resources and each person’s skills. By exploring online tools, participants gained an opportunity for learning about both educational theory and the use of technology. The experience described here shows a prototype of future pathways towards educational content use and development.

Supporting Mathematics Teaching Practices in Online Teacher Education

2020 ◽  
pp. 55-67
Author(s):  
David Glassmeyer
Keyword(s):  
Content Knowledge ◽  
Mathematics Teaching ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Science Content ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Mathematical Representations ◽  
Integrated Stem ◽  
Online Format ◽  
Mathematics Teaching Practices

In this chapter, the author provides an example of an integrated and collaborative activity for in-service mathematics teachers that was implemented synchronously online. While prior research details how this lesson developed middle and secondary teachers' mathematics content knowledge of logarithms and teachers' science content knowledge concept of pH, this chapter focuses on how the lesson was converted from a face-to-face format to the online format while supporting research-based essential teaching skills, specifically NCTM's Mathematics Teaching Practices (MTPs). Evidence is provided for how three MTPs were upheld using the online platform Blackboard Collaborate, followed by recommendations for other teacher educators wishing to engage teachers in online learning that supports mathematics education goals of integrated STEM education through mathematical discourse, conceptual understanding, and reasoning about mathematical representations.

scholarly journals Considering the Role of Zone of Proximal Development and Constructivism in Supporting Teachers’ TPACK and Effective Use of Technology

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (64) ◽  
Author(s):  
Drew Polly ◽  
Erik Byker
Keyword(s):  
Content Knowledge ◽  
Zone Of Proximal Development ◽  
Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge ◽  
Teacher Education Programs ◽  
Proximal Development ◽  
Pedagogical Content ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
Supporting Teachers

This paper focuses on the construct of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) as a way to think about the knowledge and skills teachers need to effectively use technology with students. We use the construct of Vygotksy’s Zone of Proximal Development and Social Constructivist epistemologies to consider ways to scaffold and develop pre-service teachers’ TPACK. We synthesize these ideas and provide vignettes that describe what these look like in teacher education programs. We then conclude with implications for both research and practice.

scholarly journals Online supervision at the university - A comparative study of supervision on student assignments face-to-face and online

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (13) ◽  
Author(s):  
Søren Smedegaard Bengtsen ◽  
Gry Sandholm Jensen
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Online Supervision ◽  
Online Tools ◽  
Supervision Practice ◽  
The University ◽  
The Way

Through an empirical study of supervision on student assignments at the university across face-to-face and online settings, we show firstly the limiting implications of traditional dichotomies between face-to-face and online supervision. Secondly we show that more attention must be given to the way different digital tools influence the supervisory dialogue. These findings illustrate a form of ‘torn pedagogy’; that online tools and platforms destabilize and tear traditional understandings of supervision pedagogy apart. Also we forge a new concept of “format supervision” that enables supervisors to understand and reflect their supervision practice as a deliberate choice between face-to-face and online formats.

scholarly journals Teacher Educators' Appropriation of TPACK-SAMR Models for 21st Century Pre-Service Teacher Preparation

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 126-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nyarai Tunjera ◽  
Agnes Chigona
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Content Knowledge ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Learning Theories ◽  
Adoption Of Technology ◽  
Training Institutions ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
Pre Service Teacher ◽  
Depth Interviews

The study examined how teacher educators are appropriating technological, pedagogical, and content knowledge (TPACK) and substitution, augmentation, modification, redefinition (SAMR) frameworks in their pre-service teacher preparation programmes. To ensure rigor, quality, and preparedness of pre-service teachers, there is a need to articulate expectations around effective use of these frameworks together with contemporary teaching and learning theories at the pre-service teacher preparation level. One-on-one in-depth interviews and participant observations were conducted with eight (8) teacher educators. The findings revealed that teacher educators are appropriating technology in ways harmonious with their prevalent traditional teacher-centred teaching strategies at enhancement levels. The researchers recommend the adoption of technology integration frameworks and teaching and learning theory at policy making levels in pre-service teacher training institutions.

The Blended Learning Classroom

2010 ◽  
pp. 834-851
Author(s):  
Karen García ◽  
Renata Suzuki
Keyword(s):  
Blended Learning ◽  
Social Software ◽  
Development Activity ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Professional Development Activity ◽  
Use Of Resources ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Online Tools ◽  
Course Material

This blended learning classroom (BLC) case study identifies and describes successful procedures and methodologies that widen the use of online tools in virtual environments. It provides a systematic and organized access to theplethora of free social software available online for thedevelopment of collaborative learning activities. The goal of this particular BLC professional development activity was to offer a face-to-face group of English teachers in Venezuelathe opportunity to meet members of an international community of practice (CoP) and together review a packaged learning course material online. Blendedtechnology, the mix and match of available tools, served to display the wide use of resources and each person’s skills. By exploring online tools, participants gained an opportunity for learning about both educational theory andthe use of technology. The experience described here shows a prototype of future pathways towards educational content use and development.

Engaging All Learners Through Quality Early Childhood Teacher Education

2021 ◽  
pp. 59-77
Author(s):  
Lynn Ellen Cohen ◽  
Angela Kalthoff
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Computational Thinking ◽  
Early Childhood Teacher ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
Learning Theories ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Professional Development Model

This chapter guides early childhood teacher educators, teachers, and policy makers to use appropriate technological tools in early childhood classrooms. It begins with learning theories related to computational thinking with a discussion of Seymour Papert and presents Marina Bers' framework. The chapter includes a professional development model for teachers and teacher educators. Technological apps and computational thinking are offered for use with face-to-face, hybrid, and remote instruction in early childhood settings. Many of the digital tools described in the chapter have numerous suggestions and resources available for teachers, teacher educators, and students to create a platform to begin using digital tools and evaluate how to select and use digital media. Changes can be brought about by reimagining classrooms and reshaping pedagogy with continued professional development.

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