Faculty and Student Technology Use to Enhance Student Learning

Autor/in	Gaddis, Margaret L.
Titel	Faculty and Student Technology Use to Enhance Student Learning
Quelle	In: International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 21 (2020) 4, S.39-60 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1492-3831
Schlagwörter	Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education; Higher Education; Blended Learning; College Faculty; Technology Integration; Community Colleges; Teacher Attitudes; Undergraduate Students; Student Attitudes; Teaching Methods; Integrated Learning Systems; Video Technology; Web Sites; Colorado + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Unterrichtsmedien; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Fakultät; Community college; Community College; Lehrerverhalten; Schülerverhalten; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Web-Design
Abstract	Scholarly research has indicated that technology adoption to facilitate blended learning promotes the academic success of many different types of students and improves the quality of existing educational offerings. To understand how technology enhances learning, surveys queried the faculty and students of a statewide community college system. The results indicated widespread technology use among the faculty and students. The faculty survey revealed details of technology tools employed and the motivations for their use or discontinued use. Details regarding faculty use of learning management systems, textbooks, and other media characterized the current technology adoption climate. The student survey collected information about students' perceptions of how technology influenced their learning, their preferences for specific technology tools, and their student progress. Ninety-three percent of student respondents indicated that technology enhanced their learning. Alignment between the faculty use and student preference for technology tools suggested that students are actively engaged in the technology resources used by faculty to enhance learning. Students described how technology facilitated multimodal learning. They also noted that technology increased communication, access, and inclusion in learning. Successful technology use and integration, accompanied by ongoing scholarly debate and monitoring, has the potential to provide more access, promote learning outcomes, and preserve the investment of technology for the institution. The surveys employed here, when used semi-annually, may provide a low-cost model for technology integration monitoring and evaluation. The responses to the surveys also have the potential to provide technology use and integration data that informs strategic planning processes and institutional learning outcome development. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01