The Right to Technology in Education

2011 ◽  
pp. 267-278
Author(s):  
Donovan Plumb
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Democratic Citizenship ◽  
Technology In Education ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
The Right ◽  
Critical Citizens ◽  
Technology In Higher Education

Following the lead of geographer, David Harvey (2008), this chapter argues that many contemporary trends in the use of technology in higher education prevent the development of capacities for critical democratic citizenship. Too often, technology is deployed in a top-down fashion to shape student learning. Thus, to enhance the full emergence of students as active, engaged, critical citizens, it is crucial that they be granted access to the right to technology in education.

Advancing the Effective Use of Technology in Higher Education

2011 ◽  
pp. 1759-1762
Author(s):  
Sally M. Johnstone
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Annual Meeting ◽  
Service Agency ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
Educational Telecommunications ◽  
Technology In Higher Education

In 1989 the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) located in Boulder, Colorado, founded the Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications (WCET) as a resource for the 15 western states. At the first annual meeting, delegates from outside the WICHE states petitioned to join. The original membership agreed. By 2004, WCET had over 250 members representing 43 states and seven countries. WCET had become an international, member-driven service agency.

scholarly journals The Application of Eportfolio in Higher Education: implications for Student Learning

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 99
Author(s):  
Andrea Ximena Castaño Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Important Challenge ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
The University ◽  
Assessment Strategies

Nowadays universities are introducing educational changes in their teaching practices and their assessment strategies. These changes are involving many areas in the university. One of the places where most of the changes are initiated is from the classroom settings. To support them, eportfolios in general are being used as a form to align the principles stated from the Bolonia Process towards a teaching more centred on the student supporting other aspects like mobility and recognition. Therefore, developing effective use of technology applied to education for teaching and learning has become an important challenge. In this regard, the main goal of this thesis was to identify learning environment characteristics when applying eportfolios for teaching and learning and students’ characteristics that could influence a meaningful learning.

Teachers’ motivation to adopt technology in higher education

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 673-692 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lavina Sharma ◽  
Mallika Srivastava
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Perceived Ease Of Use ◽  
Sampling Frame ◽  
Adoption Of Technology ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Technology In Higher Education

Purpose The higher education, universities and institutions across the world have increasingly adopted information and communication technology (ICT) as a tool for curriculum development, learning and teaching, and for administrative activities. The use of technology to facilitate learning is gaining acceptance across various educational institutions. In order to use technology in the best possible manner, it becomes essential that the teacher should be willing to accept the technology and use it for the teaching activities. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to understand the teachers’ motivation toward adopting technology in the higher education. Design/methodology/approach An exploratory-descriptive approach is used in this research. The sampling frame for the study is the teachers employed in the management institutes in Bengaluru, Pune, Indore and Delhi. A simple random sampling technique is used for identifying the sample for the study. A self-administered questionnaire was employed to measure the validity of items measuring the teacher’s intention to use technology. Findings The results of the study confirm a significant positive impact of value beliefs (VB), social influence (SI) and perceived ease of use (PEOU) on the behavioral intention (BI) to use technology by the teachers. However, the study does not establish the relationship between self-efficacy and BI to use technology by teachers. Practical implications The use of technology will be an important area in the field of higher education where it becomes crucial to understand the motivation factors that lead to the adoption of ICT in the classroom and the curriculum. In order to successfully integrate technology into the teaching-learning process, it is concluded that the factors that positively influence the BI to use technology include the VB, PEOU and the SI. Originality/value This study contributes toward the study of teachers’ motivation in the adoption of technology in higher education in India.

Technology in Higher Education

2011 ◽  
pp. 30-41
Author(s):  
David C. Ensminger ◽  
Joél Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Digital Communication ◽  
Digital Native ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
The Face ◽  
Diversity Issues ◽  
Integrate Technology ◽  
University Settings ◽  
Technology In Higher Education

Technology has played a significant role in changing the face of higher education. In order to successfully use technology, institutions of higher education must recognize that students play a central role in their decision making regarding the application of technology for the purpose of communication, and learning. This chapter addresses several issue related to the student issues and the use of technology in higher education. The notion of a particular type of student (i.e. “digital native”) is examined, as well as the current skills and use of technology by college students. The chapter continues on to discuss the concepts of digital recreation, digital communication, and their related issues to instruction in University settings. Finally the chapter explores the need for universities to examine diversity issues when integrating technology. The chapter concludes by recommending a tailoring perspective to technology integration that utilizes a decentralized approach to helping faculty integrate technology.

Advancing the Effective Use of Technology in Higher Education

2011 ◽  
pp. 62-65
Author(s):  
Sally M. Johnstone
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Annual Meeting ◽  
Service Agency ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
Educational Telecommunications ◽  
Technology In Higher Education

In 1989 the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) located in Boulder, Colorado, founded the Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications (WCET) as a resource for the 15 western states. At the first annual meeting, delegates from outside the WICHE states petitioned to join. The original membership agreed. By 2004, WCET had over 250 members representing 43 states and seven countries. WCET had become an international, member-driven service agency.

Educational Foundations Supporting IT in Higher Education

2013 ◽  
pp. 1-85
Author(s):  
Robert D. Tennyson
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Careful Consideration ◽  
Technology Application ◽  
Educational Foundations ◽  
Integral Component ◽  
Successful Employment ◽  
Improve Student Learning ◽  
Technology In Higher Education

Technology has always been welcomed in higher education as a means to improve student learning. However, technology application in higher education is usually driven by the technology fad itself without support from educational foundations in learning. This chapter argues that successful employment of IT in higher education requires a careful consideration of basic foundations in learning philosophy and learning. These foundations provide both the theoretical and empirical support to sustain technology as an integral component of technology in higher education learning. In addition to the historical and contemporary comments on educational foundations, examples are provided to assist the reader in implementing the suggestion to strengthen learning by the promise of technology to improve learning in higher education.

The Activity System of Higher Education Students Using Technology

2013 ◽  
pp. 54-78
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Activity Theory ◽  
Division Of Labour ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Activity System ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Theory Framework ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Technology In Higher Education

This chapter presents a review of studies and reports of students’ use of technology in higher education published primarily in the U.S. and Canada from 2005 to 2012. The review is conducted using an Activity Theory framework that organizes information from the literature according to the components of the activity system—subject, tools, object, norms, community, division of labour, and outcomes. The chapter concludes with a summary of the activity system and limitations of the approach.

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