AN INVESTIGATION OF RURAL COLLEGES’ TEACHERS’ AND STUDENTS’ ATTITUDE ON INTEGRATION OF ICT IN  EDUCATION: A COMPARATIVE STUDY

The use of ICT in the Foreign Language Teaching and Learning is very important for providing opportunities for teachers and students to learn and operate in an information age. Education, particularly foreign language teaching has to adapt and renew itself to be compatible with the globalized society. This study aims to analyze the use of ICT in foreign language teaching and learning, which are the benefits, the main advantages of ICT and the challenges of ICT in foreign language. The recognition and implementation of ICT in teaching constitutes an integration challenges for our society. One of priorities of the Education in Albania is the integration of ICT in education, so the use of ICT in language teaching and learning seems to have become a prerequisite to the modernization of the education system and learning methods. Using authentic material provided by the internet helps students to be better in communication and to be in contact with the culture of the country and people whose language they study.

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Technology adoption in Malaysian schools: An analysis of national ICT in education policy initiatives

Digital Education Review ◽

10.1344/der.2020.37.172-194 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 172-194

Author(s):

Azlin Zaiti Zainal ◽

Siti Zaidah Zainuddin

Keyword(s):

Education Policy ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Large Scale ◽

Evaluation Studies ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Virtual Learning Environment ◽

Ict In Education ◽

Educational Innovations ◽

Teachers And Students ◽

Information And Communication

Educational change, particularly change involving the adoption of educational innovations, is a complex process. In Malaysia, the significant role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in promoting digital education is reflected in the national ICT in education policy. Nevertheless, studies in the Malaysian educational context have shown that the policy implementation resulted in varying degrees of success. Through a discourse analysis approach, this paper aims to examine the evaluation studies on large scale initiatives introduced to digitize the Malaysian education system, from the Smart Schools programme to the incorporation of the Frog Virtual Learning Environment in classroom. The rationale behind these top-down initiatives and how they affected the stakeholders at the micro level, namely, teachers and students, are reviewed and analysed. The analysis informs our understanding of the factors that contribute to the successful and unsuccessful implementation of these initiatives and guide the planning of future policies.

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A Comparative Study between the Conventional Feedback on EFL Academic Writing and the Computer-mediated Feedback among Saudi Teachers and Students in Universities

Critical Studies in Languages and Literature ◽

10.5455/csll.1547925750 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

Nouf Althoubiti

Keyword(s):

Comparative Study ◽

Academic Writing ◽

Computer Mediated ◽

Teachers And Students

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Factors Influencing Teachers' Integration of ICT in Teaching and Learning

International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology ◽

10.4018/ijavet.2018040104 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 48-63 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Japhet E. Lawrence

Keyword(s):

Teaching And Learning ◽

Diffusion Theory ◽

Digital Age ◽

Educational Institutions ◽

Grounded Theory Method ◽

Teaching And Learning Environment ◽

Factors Influencing ◽

Teachers And Students ◽

Integration Of Ict ◽

Immense Potential

There is a growing demand on educational institutions to use ICT to teach the skills and knowledge students need for the digital age. The integration of ICT into education provides opportunities for teachers and students to work better in a globalized digital age, particularly in teaching and learning environment, where teaching and learning can take place anytime and anywhere, 24-hours seven days a week. The purpose of this article is to identify the factors that influence teachers' decision to integrate ICT in teaching and learning. The study is chosen because of the strategic importance of ICT in education and particularly, its immense potential, to transform the ways in which teaching is carried out in the classroom. There are a lot of studies in the area, but very little empirical research has been conducted to examine this phenomenon from the teachers perceptive. The present article aims to fill this gap by using in-depth case studies, conceptualized within the grounded theory method to develop a model that will explain and enhance the understanding of the factors influencing teachers' integration of ICT in teaching and learning. The diffusion theory will provide the theoretical foundation for this study.

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