Importance Of Educational Technology Research Articles

From Blackboards to Gadgets: Unveiling Academic Dynamics and Digital Landscapes in Far Eastern University-Manila through the Integration of Technology in Classrooms

The researchers ought to shed light on the importance of educational technology in the student’s academic performance by looking into how students perceive the integration of educational technology in Far Eastern University–Manila, aiming to collect insights from 60 students and discuss how these students’ perception of the integration of technology affects their familiarity and confidence in utilizing innovative educational technologies. Using quantitative research method, the data were gathered through an online survey questionnaire to collect key insights on how students view technology integrated into their classes. The responses from the survey were analyzed by comparing and correlating their responses and finding their common grounds. Through the data analysis, the findings reveal that many of the students perceive integration of technology as something that is academically advantageous, utilizing diverse educational technologies to make their academic journey easier, more motivating, and more engaging. In the same responses, it is reported that few students still regard educational technology as a limitation that challenges their academic performance, limiting their performance in a way that distracts them from achieving their maximum focus and academic retention. These findings suggest that how students perceive the incorporation of different technological tools and platforms impacts how they perform in their classes by either developing or provoking regression in their capabilities and behavior.

OPPORTUNITIES, CHALLENGES, AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS FOR THE INTEGRATION OF DIGITAL EDUCATION INTO SCHOOL EDUCATION IN WEST BENGAL

This paper investigates the integration of Digital Education in school education in West Bengal, assessing its opportunities, challenges, and future directions. The study is significant for modernizing and diversifying education in West Bengal, aiming to enhance learning outcomes and bridge socio-economic disparities.Introduction: The integration of Digital Education in education is pivotal in the digital age. In West Bengal, initiatives like "Digital West Bengal" highlight the importance of technology in education, promoting student engagement and collaborative learning environments. The study aims to bridge knowledge gaps about Digital Education in West Bengal schools through a descriptive survey method, collecting data from teachers across West Bengal on their utilization, perceptions, and suggestions regarding Digital Education.Objectives: The objectives of this study are to analyze effective strategies for integrating Digital Education, identify opportunities for enhancing teaching and learning, assess challenges hindering successful integration, and propose future directions for maximizing Digital Education benefits in West Bengal school education.Methodology: A descriptive survey method was employed, using a self-constructed questionnaire distributed to a diverse sample of teachers in West Bengal. The questionnaire, designed on a 5-point Likert scale, aimed to gauge perceptions and opinions on Digital Education integration of digital education among teachers. The study involved stratified sampling across urban and rural, public, and private schools at the higher secondary level.Findings: The research found significant disparities in Digital Education integration between urban and rural public schools, with urban schools having a higher level of integration. However, the study found no significant difference between urban and rural private schools. Challenges in Digital Education integration were similar across all schools, emphasizing the need for unified strategies. Opportunities for Digital Education integration did not significantly differ between urban and rural schools, indicating an equitable landscape for Digital Education integration across different school environments in West Bengal.Conclusion: The study highlights the urgent need for targeted interventions to bridge the digital divide in rural areas and ensure equitable access to technology-enhanced learning. The findings suggest a need for comprehensive strategies encompassing infrastructure, teacher training, curriculum development, and policy frameworks to support sustainable Digital Education integration efforts.

The Importance of Educational Technologies in Students' Acceptance and Mastery Of The Subject

By applying pedagogical technology methods in modern lessons, additional information (handouts, tests, problems, riddles, questions and answers, various crosswords, experiments, etc.) should cover the main topic during the lesson. At the end of the lesson, the students will have sufficient knowledge about the scientific information, the place in the field of science and technology development, as well as the encyclopedic scientists who lived in the past. they should also have information about their contributions to the development of this field. For this, it is necessary to use methods of pedagogical technology that are appropriate and convenient for the subject being taught in each lesson. In the implementation of this activity, high pedagogical skills are required from the teacher.

The Importance of Technology in Education

The Importance of Technology in Education

Legal study on the role and importance of technology in education for children with disabilities

Legal study on the role and importance of technology in education for children with disabilities

The Importance of Educational Technologies in Economics Classroom: The Nigeria Perspective

The paper centered on various educational technologies that can be used in the teaching and learning of Economics. With the use of educational technologies such as the Google Classroom application, YouTube videos, virtual reality, Socrative, Edmodo, Kahoot, Classdojo, and blockchain technology, students of Economics will find it easy and convenient to acquire knowledge in an Economics classroom. Nigerian teachers of Economics should understand the significance of utilizing various educational technologies in teaching various Economic concepts. Topics like demand, supply, production costs, and others can be well explained through the use of various educational technologies. Furthermore, in the event of a pandemic outbreak, educational technologies can be used to prevent virus spread by ensuring that students join the online classroom from their rooms.

Educator perspectives on the use of technology in schools in previously disadvantaged communities

Technology plays a crucial role in education and many other sectors of the economy. The national lockdown caused by the Covid-19 pandemic has made apparent the importance of technology in education, with schools that adopted technologies continuing with teaching and learning using remote means, while other schools had to wait for physical classes to resume. The benefits of technology can only be realized if technology is adopted and accepted by the users. Educators are the key players in the success or failure of technology in education. We used an interpretivist approach to explore educator perceptions on the use of technology in South African public schools. The Motivation-Opportunity-Ability model guided the development of our data collection instruments and data analysis. Purposive sampling was used to select a public high school in an underprivileged Cape Flats community. Participants were randomly selected from the school and focus group discussions and interviews were conducted. A survey was administered to triangulate qualitative data. Results show that educators are interested in using user-friendly and effective technology. This paper comes as part of a broad study on technology in education.

OPINIONS OF SOCIAL STUDY TEACHERS ON TECHNOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY LITERACY

Bu araştırmanın amacı, Sosyal Bilgiler öğretmen adaylarının teknolojiye karşı olan bilgilerini ve teknolojiyi kullanım durumlarını tespit etmektir. Araştırmada fenomenoloji (olgubilim) deseni kullanılmıştır. Çalışma grubu belirlenirken amaçlı örnekleme türü seçilmiştir. Araştırmanın çalışma gurubunu 19 Sosyal Bilgiler öğretmen adayı oluşturmaktadır. Katılımcıların teknoloji okuryazarlığı, teknoloji ve eğitim arasındaki ilişki ve eğitimde teknolojinin önemi ile ilgili görüşlerini belirlemek için yarı yapılandırılmış bir görüşme formu kullanılmıştır. Bu araştırmadan elde edilen nitel veriler içerik analiziyle çözümlenmiştir. Araştırmada elde edilen bulgulara göre katılımcıların genel olarak teknolojik aletler kullanarak eğitim verebileceklerini ve bu oluşturacakları sınıf ortamlarına örnek verirken teknoloji odaklı sınıfların sık sık dile getirmeleriyle kanıtlanabilir. Teknolojinin eğitimde çok önemli olduğunu da eklemişlerdir.

Teachers’ Perceptions and Challenges to the Use of Technology in Teaching and Learning during Covid-19 in Malaysia

The use of technology in education has been an ongoing debate among educators. Although educators are highly encouraged to integrate technology in the classroom, they are still sceptical to fully utilize them. This changed drastically during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 which forced educators and learners to rely heavily on the use of technology to support learning. This paper identifies teachers' technology usage in the classroom, their perceptions on the use of technology in the classroom and the challenges of integrating technology in teaching and learning. We employed a quantitative research approach with survey design and non-probability snowball sampling. To collect the data, a questionnaire was distributed to 78 primary and secondary school teachers. We found that teachers in that particular area mostly used smart phones to access internet and conduct lessons due to the limited availability of devices from the students’ end, internet connectivity, and limited instructional time. Despite the challenges presented, they believed the importance of technology in education, and it helped enhance students' digital competence and responsible use. This research, thus, present an insight to the educational authorities in Malaysia of the general perceptions of teachers on the technology used during the pandemic and in turn, will increase digital access and awareness for a better quality of technology integration in teaching and learning.

Exploring the use of mobile phones by children with intellectual disabilities: experiences from Haryana, India

Purpose Covid-induced lockdowns have increased the importance of technology in education. Though access to technology as well as availability of the internet remain a major concern for a lot of children in the global south, children with intellectual disabilities are disadvantaged even more as most of the e-content is developed keeping in mind the average learner. Materials and methods Unstructured interviews were conducted with children with intellectual disabilities studying in government schools in Haryana as well as their teachers and parents. Thematic analysis of the interviews was conducted to understand the use-patterns of mobile phones by children with intellectual disabilities. Results Findings suggest that these children are learning to use mobile phones on their own or with some support and are able to navigate the complexities of these smartphones quite well. They use these devices mostly for their entertainment. This paper then reflects on the need and strategies to develop these technologies in ways that they can be used as effective tools for teaching children with intellectual disabilities, especially in the inclusive education system in developing countries. Conclusion The paper reflects on the need to develop technology and tools using flexible and exploratory designs to enhance the learning processes for children with intellectual disabilities from the lower income strata. IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATION This study highlights the importance of being able to use mobile phones by children with intellectual disabilities belonging to low income families. Following this, the article argues for designing of mobile phones suitable for use by children with intellectual disabilities using playfulness and explorations, and Building e-content keeping the elements of playfulness and exploration which can enhance the learnings of this group of students which is often ignored.

The Influence of Social Presence in Online Classes Using Virtual Conferencing: Relationships between Group Cohesion, Group Efficacy, and Academic Performance

One of the important issues that computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW) and human-computer interaction (HCI) researchers want to solve through cooperative system design is the improvement of performance. The same is true for virtual learning environments. The role and importance of technology in education have increased due to the COVID-19 pandemic, while the need to explore factors that influence social and academic efficacy in virtual environments has increased based on the explosion in online virtual teaching environments and virtual conference apps. Based on the theoretical description of group cohesion for the purpose of enhancing further collaboration, this paper asks what role group cohesion plays and how significant it is to group efficacy and performance in virtual learning environments, and also whether a sense of social presence in a virtual learning environment plays a significant role in optimizing group cohesion and, thus, group performance. Experimental studies were conducted on a total of 121 people consisting of 35 virtual learning groups. Results show that a sense of social presence has a positive effect on group efficacy, and that the adjustment effect of social presence has significant positive effects on group cohesion and group efficacy. This study provides a theoretical and empirical basis for the design of methods that can maximize positive effects in support of group learning and collaboration in virtual learning environments.

The role of educational technologies in the individualization of educational students’ activities

The basis of the modern student's training is the idea of individualization of his educational activities since the modern educational paradigm has designated the personality of the student and his needs as the most important link in this system. Higher educational institutions in search of effective ways of formation of competence of the future specialist using individualization of its activity use possibilities of innovative educational technologies. The purpose of the article: to consider the experience of implementation of educational technologies in the individualization of educational activities of students. The article presents an overview of the essence and importance of educational technologies used in the modern educational process, the features of their implementation and their role in the individualization of student activity. We considered the experience of implementation of educational technologies in the individualization of educational activities of students. Innovative technologies have a powerful potential in shaping the competence of future specialists. Individualization of training takes place in comfortable conditions for the teacher and the student. The teacher has the opportunity to constantly monitor the level of knowledge of the student and make timely adjustments, directing it in the right direction. When students perform tasks, the teacher carried out periodic consultations, where he covered for students the questions that appeared to them. The teacher conducted small surveys and tests, with the help of which the test of assimilation of the material was determined. The study presented in the article allowed to determine the impact of individualization of education on the level of student performance. Based on the data obtained in the course of our research, we can conclude that educational technologies provide ample opportunities for individualization of the learning process and contribute to the formation of professional competence of a specialist.

Importance of Educational Technology on Learning

Importance of Educational Technology on Learning

An Analysis of the Professional Competencies of Turkish Language and Literature Teachers on the Basis of the Ability of Using and Managing Technology

The purpose of this study is to reveal the importance of technology in education and to explore the professional competencies of Turkish language and literature teachers on the basis of usage and management of technology skills. In the quantitative dimension of this study, the significant difference between the opinions of Turkish language and literature teachers on the necessity of technology and their personal characteristics were examined. The qualitative dimension, on the other hand, investigated whether school managers emphasised technology usage and management skills in their expectations of Turkish language and literature teachers. The problem sentence of the study is therefore “what are the professional competencies of Turkish and literature teachers on the basis of usage and management of technology skills?” This study examines both teachers (n=99) and school managers (n=26) who worked at the secondary education level in Cyprus during the 2017-2018 academic year. A questionnaire was prepared by the researchers with the purpose of determining the technology usage status of teachers and the extent to which they believe that using technology is necessary. A semi-structured interview form was prepared in order to determine the expectations of school managers from Turkish language and literature teachers and their professional competencies. In order to be able to analyse quantitative data in the study, frequencies and percentages were used, which are descriptive statistics. Additionally, the chi-square test was applied in order to determine whether there were any differences in the answers given by teachers according to the independent variables. Content analysis was conducted in order to analyse the qualitative data. Based on the findings of the study, it can be said that teachers must accept the reality that even though they agree that technology is necessary, this opinion in fact has no value as technology is still not used. The expectations of school managers from language and literature teachers were evaluated and only a limited number of managers (only 1 student out of 26) emphasised that teachers should be competent in using technology.

CALL’s effectiveness in the process of second language learning

This paper is presented to illustrate the importance of technology in education. It discusses several factors playing a significant role in the teaching and learning processes. This paper shows how contemporary learners apply various strategies of learning implementing technology for support. This study considers the advantages and disadvantages of utilizing technology in educational settings by examining current evidence-based research and different points of view.

THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY IN TEACHING

Today, more than ever, the role of educational technology in teaching is of great importance because of the use of information and communication technologies. With the help of various applications for distance education, the Internet, teachers, and students themselves, they see the advantage of educational technology. The question is whether schools and teachers themselves are ready for the use of technology in education and whether they are aware of its benefits? In this paper, we try to give an overview of the importance and use of educational technology in the classroom.

Analysis of the concept of nursing educational technology applied to the patient

It is aimed at analyzing the concept of educational technology, produced by nursing, applied to the patient. Rodgers´ Evolutionary Method of Concept Analysis was used, identifying background, attributes and consequential damages. 13 articles were selected for analysis in which the background was identified: knowledge deficiency, shortage of nursing professionals' time, to optimize nursing work, the need to achieve the goals of the patients. Attributes: tool, strategy, innovative approach, pedagogical approach, mediator of knowledge, creative way to encourage the acquisition of skills, health production instrument. Consequences: to improve the quality of life, encouraging healthy behavior, empowerment, reflection and link. It emphasizes the importance of educational technologies for the care in nursing, to boost health education activities.

EDUCATION: REAL AND DUE

The current context of information society is characterized by the growing role and importance of educational technology. To the fore the question of what should be a process of education in the postmodern situation and on the basis of the Bologna concept. The article contains a comparative analysis of educational systems of Germany, Russia and Ukraine.

Role of Educational Technology in Public and Private Institutes at Secondary School Level in District Karak (Khyber Pukhtunkhwa) Pakistan

Educational technology plays a fundamental role in enhancing teaching learning process. It has facilitated instructional process and made it more productive, dynamic and effective. Therefore the study was conducted to explore the role of educational technology in public and private institutes in district Karak (Khyber Pukhtunkhwa) Pakistan in comparative perspectives. The main objectives of the study were: to compare the availability of educational technology in public and private institutions at secondary level; to compare the usability of educational technology in public and private institutions at secondary level and to know the usefulness of educational technology in public and private institutions at secondary level. All the heads, teachers and students in public and private secondary schools in district Karak constituted the population of the study. In order to ensure adequate sample, 60 heads, 180 teachers and 600 students serving and studying in public and private sectors at secondary school level in District Karak were selected randomly. The study was delimited to the selected male public and private secondary schools. The study was also delimited to those technologies which are commonly used. The study was descriptive in nature therefore, the researchers decided to develop questionnaire for the collection of data. A single questionnaire was developed for the whole sample. Pilot testing was conducted to know the weakness, misconceptions and ambiguities of the questions. After conduction of pilot testing, the questionnaire was revised and then its final version was prepared in the light of valuable suggestions of the heads, teachers and students. The researchers personally visited to the respective sample and distributed the questionnaires among the heads, teachers and students in public and private secondary schools. In this way data was collected. After the collection of data, the data was organized, tabulated and analyzed. The researchers decided to apply chi-square for the statistical treatment of the data. Therefore, chi square was applied to compare the responses of the sample. After analysis of the data, it was concluded that educational technologies are not available in both sectors. Some technologies are available in minor amount but these technologies are not used in both public and private sectors. Key Words:Educational Technology, Availability of Educational Technology, Usability of Educational Technology, Importance of Educational Technology