An Exploratory Study of the Cultural Habits Change Process Triggered by the Use of IT: A Faculty Student Knowledge-Sharing Platform Case Study

Autor/in	Young, Mei-Lien
Titel	An Exploratory Study of the Cultural Habits Change Process Triggered by the Use of IT: A Faculty Student Knowledge-Sharing Platform Case Study
Quelle	In: Educational Technology & Society, 15 (2012) 4, S.332-343 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1436-4522
Schlagwörter	Information Technology; Instructional Materials; Foreign Countries; Internet; Educational Change; College Faculty; Higher Education; Case Studies; Teaching Methods; Information Systems; Research Methodology; Models; Educational Technology; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Informationstechnologie; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Ausland; Bildungsreform; Fakultät; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Analogiemodell
Abstract	In this research, we explore the impact on teachers of implementation of the Faculty Student Knowledge-Sharing Platform (FSKSP) in their college. Specifically, we focus on the effect on those teachers of the need to share publicly their knowledge and teaching material as the result of FSKSP implementation. In addition, we report the experience and progress they acquire when choosing to change their traditional, habitual teaching and sharing modes. The case study focuses on a college of technology well-renowned among universities in Taiwan for its fully integrated electronization of teaching. The study shows that delivery of knowledge to and sharing of knowledge with students through the FSKSP differs enormously from the long-established verbal knowledge sharing in classroom lectures. In choosing to use the FSKSP and making changes to the interaction between faculty and students, teachers go through the following stages: protection of professional dignity and expertise; panic about whether or not to make changes; compromise in response to information technology trends, and hesitation about whether to continue or to turn back. The research findings provide a good reference for college administrators advocating the introduction of information technology to construct the FSKSP. The findings also assist FSKSP system designers in gaining the necessary understanding of possible conflicts between system features and cultural habits when working to enhance system feature design. (Contains 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10