Abstract
Educational technology has become an indispensable aspect of higher education, playing a crucial role in affecting student engagement, in particular. The application, advantages and disadvantages of learning management systems (LMS) and social networking systems in Chinese EFL courses, represented by Superstar—Xuexitong and WeChat, are introduced. The study aims to explore the relationship between the two educational technology tools and three dimensions of student engagement. Using an adopted and revised questionnaire from previous researches, the study measures the extent of impact of the specified educational technology tools on student engagement with the help of SPSS. Through the independent sample T tests, analysis of variance, correlation and regression, the study found that emotional engagement has the strongest positive effect on educational technology engagement. In addition, analysis of the four principal factors indicates that using LMS could engage students more than adopting social networking systems. There are significant differences in cognitive engagement between different genders, with that of males surpassing females. This article provides some empirical evidence for exploration into the use of educational technology in a specific discipline to foster better student engagement.
Highlights
The proliferation of digital technology has explicably attracted the researchers’ attention to the effectiveness and efficacy of technology in relation to learning and teaching processes and outcomes (Rashid & Asghar, 2016)
With the popularity of so many convenient and advanced educational technology, this study focuses on the following research questions: RQ1: What is the relationship between three dimensions of student engagement and educational technology engagement?
The results show that there is significant correlation between behavioral engagement, cognitive engagement, emotional engagement and educational technology engagement (p < 0.05), which means that strong student engagement has positive effect on educational technology engagement
Summary
The proliferation of digital technology has explicably attracted the researchers’ attention to the effectiveness and efficacy of technology in relation to learning and teaching processes and outcomes (Rashid & Asghar, 2016). Innovative information communication technology poses great challenges and provide opportunities to teachers and students. Many such technology applications or tools are utilized as educational technology very effectively in schools. Challenges are manifested in several aspects: the update of teaching and learning hardware of higher educational institutions; the technological competence, including the mastery of computing skills and utility of different online resources; effective integration of different modes of delivery, modes of teaching and styles of learning as a result of adopting a strategic and systematic approach to the. The opportunities seem to be more appealing: better accessibility for teachers to teaching materials and students to learning materials; better facilitation for teachers to teaching management and formative assessment; the more diversified and efficient ways for teacher-student interaction; better student engagement and academic achievements. The main determinant lies in the proper integration of technology and pedagogy, the instructors play an important role in stimulating the students to be more engaged (Bond et al, 2019)
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