Technology-enhanced Classroom Research Articles

Feedback Through Digital Application Affordances and Teacher Practice

AbstractAssessment feedback is an essential way to promote student learning. Students and teachers may benefit from educational technologies during the feedback process. The purpose of this study was to identify the feedback dimensions that were fulfilled by iPad applications (apps) and to compare teacher practice to the affordances of apps. Typological data analysis was used to perform this qualitative case study. We analyzed seven apps (QR Code Reader, Schoology, Kahoot!, Nearpod,Socrative, ZipGrade, and The Physics Classroom) that a high school physics teacher used to provide feedback in a technology-enhanced classroom. Data sources included classroom video recordings and the websites of these apps. To facilitate the analysis of the data, we enhanced the feedback dimensions identified by Hatzipanagos and Warburton (2009). Our analysis highlighted the diverse capabilities of these apps with regard to supporting the following dimensions of effective feedback: dialogue, visibility, appropriateness, community, power, learning, timeliness, clearness, complexity, reflection, and action. We found that through additional discussion and interactions with students, the teacher could support dimensions that an app did not support. This study not only underscores the critical interplay between technological tools and teacher practices with regard to crafting effective feedback mechanisms but also offers practical recommendations for educators seeking to optimize technology-enhanced feedback in classroom settings. Future research is encouraged to explore the technology implementation experiences of less experienced teachers. Examining teachers working at various school levels and from various countries can offer valuable insights.

A case study on the impact of technology integration on student learning outcomes at indus international school, bangalore

This research paper explores the impact of technology integration on student learning outcomes in a technology-enhanced classroom at Indus International School, Bangalore. The study investigates the use of teacher assistant robots, gamifications, and virtual reality to enhance student engagement, motivation, and academic achievement. Findings reveal that technology integration positively influences student attendance, test scores, motivation, and collaborative project completion. The study contributes to existing literature by providing empirical evidence specific to the school context and underscores the importance of leveraging technology tools for dynamic and engaging learning environments. The specific technology tools used in the study proved to be effective in enhancing student learning outcomes. Teacher assistant robots assisted in classroom management and individualized instruction, contributing to improved student focus and participation. Gamification elements, such as points and rewards, fostered a sense of competition and excitement among students, leading to increased engagement and effort. Virtual reality simulations provided immersive learning experiences, resulting in a deeper understanding of complex concepts and improved retention of information. These findings align with prior research on the benefits of technology integration in education. The study highlights the potential of technology tools to create interactive and personalized learning environments that positively impact student learning outcomes.

Mathematics student personas for the design of technology-enhanced learning environments

To benefit from the quickly expanding range of new possibilities of technology-enhanced education, school systems, schools, and teachers need to adapt quickly. Conversely, the needs of students and teachers in a technology-enhanced classroom require technology developers to provide and improve suitable technologies. In this paper, we aim to show how to make the professional knowledge of mathematics teachers accessible to developers of technologies and also to teacher trainers and trainees by the use of student personas, i.e., portraits of archetypical students with particular characteristics and needs. We have collected qualitative data from pre-service and in-service mathematics teachers in Austrian academic upper secondary schools about the characteristics and needs of their students. We have analysed these data using a grounded theory approach to derive demands of students on technology-enhanced learning environments (TELEs). We have identified and presented five personas, each with specific demands on TELEs, to represent this target group. By introducing this approach that combines techniques from mathematics education research and from user experience research, we are able to represent user groups of a mathematics technology-enhanced learning environment in a more relatable way than was previously possible. These relatable representations of students in Austrian academic upper secondary schools could be of particular importance for developers of technology-enhanced learning environments for teaching and learning mathematics. The methodology presented in this paper is adaptable to other contexts.

Community College Teachers’ Perceptions and Practices of ICT Integrated Teaching

In the present pedagogical context of higher education in Nepal, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) integration in classroom pedagogy has become an evolving phenomenon. The community college teachers of Chitwan district are gradually shifting to technology-enhanced classroom pedagogy from the conventional mode of instruction for better teaching and learning outcomes. Although the stakeholders have emphasized ICT integrated pedagogy, teachers have experienced several barriers to its effective integration in the regular classroom activities. In this context, the present study examined community college teachers' perceptions and practices of integrating ICT in the community colleges in Chitwan, the perceived barriers to its effective integration, and ways of overcoming such barriers. The study was carried out employing a quantitative research approach and survey design. The researcher used the Convenience Sampling Method to purposively collect responses from forty teachers from nine community colleges teaching at bachelor’s and master’s levels. The data collected through the questionnaire were analyzed using percentage and frequency distribution statistical tools. The analysis of responses revealed that the status of ICT integration in the classroom did not seem satisfactory, although the teachers had positive perceptions of technology-supported teaching. The perceived major barriers were lack of enough ICT-friendly infrastructures and resources, insufficient ICT-based professional development opportunities, and the lack of students’ digital literacy. The findings of the research imply that community colleges and faculties need more ICT-based teacher development programs, well-equipped ICT infrastructure, budgetary support, increased digital competence and accessibility of students, and an inculcation of ICT-based pedagogical culture to enhance its effectiveness for better teaching-learning outcomes.

Using technology to promote student learning? An analysis of pre- and in-service teachers’ lesson plans

ABSTRACT Technology may promote student engagement in high-level learning processes in the classroom. Yet, whether teachers really exploit technology’s potential to support student learning depends on their expertise. The authors compared pre-service and technology-experienced in-service teachers’ reasoning about technology-enhanced lessons by means of lesson plans. The authors assumed that technology-experienced teachers’ lesson plans would target more high-level learning activities than those of pre-service teachers. They asked N = 134 pre-service and technology-experienced in-service teachers to plan an ideal technology-enhanced classroom lesson. The teachers were requested to report the types of learning activities they would have students engage in, both during technology-enhanced and non-technology-enhanced lesson activities. As assumed, in-service teachers were more likely to include higher-level technology-enhanced learning activities than pre-service teachers. However, the authors found no differences for non-technology-enhanced learning activities. Based on these findings and further qualitative analyses, implications for curriculum design are drawn.

English language teacher professional identity aesthetic depiction: an arts-based study from Afghanistan

ABSTRACT Despite a burgeoning body of research on teacher identity development, little is known about how incongruities between the ideal and real-life teaching practices create identity tensions. The present study adopted an arts-based approach and examined teachers’ ideal and actual teaching practices, and the associated identity tensions and related coping strategies in the context of Afghanistan. Data were collected from six English teachers via drawings and semi-structured interviews. Data analysis indicated that the teachers experienced unattainable ideal praxis in terms of ‘time, space and facility’, ‘ideal teaching methods’, ‘ideal instructional materials’, and ‘technology-enhanced classroom’, which resulted in various identity tensions. However, thinking reflectively about their imagined community and ideal practices offered affordances for the teachers to be creative to manage the tensions, and build resilience and reflexivity. The study concludes with implications for teachers, teacher educators, and policymakers in developing awareness of ideal-real mismatches to support teacher identity development.

The Effect of Media Literacy and Cognitive Ability on Recognition Laptop-Based Media for Children

Education has long been the target of utopian interventions, and with technological interventions, offering to change drastically or even eliminates classroom-based learning, traditional education research needs to focus on introducing technology tools at an early age through media literacy. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of media literacy and cognitive abilities on the introduction of laptop-based media. This study used a quasi-experimental design involving 46 children. Data collection techniques through tests and data collection tools using statement sheets, which were processed using t-test. The results showed that the experimental class using the original laptop media had a high average value of 86.66 compared to the control class using the imitation laptop media which had a value of 81.66. There is a significant effect of media literacy and cognitive ability on the introduction of laptop-based media in children. On the introduction of laptop-based media in children, media literacy and cognitive capacities can have a big impact. The comparison of the average value of the control and experimental classes demonstrates this. When children are introduced to media via a genuine laptop, they become more excited and engaged in the experimental lesson.
 Keywords: media literacy, cognitive ability, laptop-based learning media

What is the degree of teacher centrality in optimal teaching of digital literacy in a technology-enhanced environment? Typology of teacher prototypes

This study explored the degree of teachers’ centrality in the classroom while developing digital literacies of their students and the pedagogical strategies which are employed by teachers in this process. We conducted a bottom-up analysis on 65 semi-structured interviews (n = 4372 statements) based on two conceptual frameworks: the Digital Literacy framework and the 5Cs framework with a nation-wide sample of elementary and secondary-teachers. The findings offer a typology of four teacher prototypes regarding the degree of their centrality in a technology-enhanced classroom and the mapped pedagogical strategies employed by each prototype. Based on bottom-up coding, the study expands the above-mentioned frameworks regarding re-production thinking, socio-emotional thinking, e-communication, and collaboration literacies. We discuss the implications for educational theory and practice.

A Comparison of Teaching Methods for a Baccalaureate Nursing Health Assessment Course.

New teaching methods are designed and implemented to ensure student success and application of knowledge. One of these designs is the flipped classroom. Nursing programs are also integrating technology, including simulation, into nursing education in order to enhance student engagement. Although several research studies support flipped classroom methodology, no studies have compared traditional and flipped classroom teaching methods, as well as the use of a technology-enhanced classroom, in a baccalaureate nursing health assessment course. The purpose of this study was to compare learning outcomes and student satisfaction in an undergraduate health assessment course across three teaching methods: traditional lecture, flipped classroom, and a technology-enhanced interactive flipped classroom. All three methods incorporated virtual patient simulation. Using a quasi-experimental design, formative and summative assignment grades were compared. Student course evaluations were compared to assess satisfaction with each teaching method. Significant differences in mean grades were found in 12 of the 23 assignments. The technology-enhanced interactive flipped classroom section outperformed the traditional and flipped classroom sections on most of these assessments. Only one difference was noted in student satisfaction. The results showed that a technology-enhanced interactive flipped classroom design supported student learning. A longitudinal analysis of student performance is recommended.

Teachers’ Beliefs in Integrating Digital Literacy in EFL Classroom: Decomposed Theory of Planned Behavior Perspectives

The need for integrating digital technology into learning instructions has been acknowledge as a most prominent aspect in 21st Century learning. With emerging technology rising in prevalence, a digital consciousness to select and manage digital resources safely, appropriately, and efficiently for digital learning instruction is crucial. This present study is intended to explore teachers’ beliefs in the integration of digital literacy in EFL classroom using Decomposed Theory of Planned Behavior (DTPB) perspectives. The study was a qualitative study by means of case study research design to obtain a reliable understanding of the phenomenon. The data were collected using semi-structured interview, open-ended survey, and documentation. The data were retrieved from the purposively chosen informants based on the familiarity with digital technology. The results indicate relatively high levels of integration and consistent beliefs about the advantages, support from the environment, and the technology availability to integrate digital literacy into teaching learning activities. Recommendations are suggested to advance schools equipment to mediate the better support in constructing technology-enhanced classroom for teachers.

Changing classrooms bring new questions: environmental influences, self-efficacy, and academic achievement

In recent years, considerable attention has been given to how the physical structure of active learning classrooms affects academic performance, but little is known about how these spaces influence learners’ personal capability beliefs. The purpose of this study was to investigate how students’ beliefs and performance varied in two physical learning environments. Students (N = 372) enrolled in an entry-level undergraduate statistics course at a large public university that was taught in either a technology-enhanced, group-configured classroom or a traditional, forward-facing lecture classroom. Using surveys administered during the first and last week of the semester, students evaluated the importance of the learning environment and their self-efficacy for regulating their learning (e.g. focus, motivation) and for doing statistics. Between-groups analyses revealed that students in the two settings rated the importance of the physical environment similarly. Self-efficacy for self-regulation decreased across the semester in both settings. Within-group analyses showed that statistics self-efficacy decreased in the technology-enhanced classroom but increased in the traditional classroom. Statistics self-efficacy significantly predicted course grades in both classroom types. The effect of classroom environment on self-efficacy was moderated by student gender. This research provides initial insights about how physical classroom environments are related to personal capability beliefs in undergraduate education.

Fostering pre-service teachers’ situation-specific technological pedagogical knowledge – Does learning by mapping and learning from worked examples help?

In order to exploit the potentials of digital technology in classrooms, it is necessary to enhance future teachers' situation-specific Technological Pedagogical Knowledge (TPK) as manifested in their professional vision (i.e., their noticing and knowledge-based reasoning of technology-enhanced classroom situations). To this end, we differentiate between formal quality (whether pre-service teachers display reasoning steps related to professional vision) and content quality (whether pre-service teachers make adequate use of scientific knowledge) of pre-service teachers' reasoning about technology-enhanced teaching. Based on empirical findings, we hypothesized that learning by mapping would facilitate the content quality and learning from worked examples would enhance both formal and content quality of pre-service teachers’ TPK-related professional vision. We tested these hypotheses with a sample of 252 pre-service teachers who first either read or mapped scientific texts and then either analyzed authentic technology-enhanced classroom cases or received worked examples on how to do so. Results from structural equation modeling demonstrated a positive association of learning with worked examples and content quality, but no relation to formal quality. Learning by mapping even showed rather negative associations with content quality. However, the quality of maps partly functioned as a significant predictor. Possible reasons and consequences are discussed.

Patterns of peer scaffolding in technology-enhanced inquiry classrooms: application of social network analysis

The purpose of this study was to identify types and patterns of peer scaffolding that occur during inquiry-based learning (IBL) group activities. It employed a single instrumental case approach that integrated quantitative and qualitative analyses of data gathered from 21 students in a ninth grade biology course. A verbal analysis, a content analysis, and a social network analysis (SNA) were performed to identify patterns in group interactions and refine emergent themes. First, nine types of peer scaffolding were identified and found to serve the goals of direction maintenance, cognitive structuring, and simplification. Second, three different patterns related to the high, mixed, and low prior knowledge levels of each group were identified. The high prior knowledge group provided peer scaffolding that focused attention on considerations key to developing their arguments, and this scaffolding may have improved the group’s work. In the mixed prior knowledge group, the students with greater prior knowledge were likely to support those with less prior knowledge. Together, these findings indicate the way students are grouped may impact observable patterns in peer scaffolding. Identifying the difficulties that learners face and the assistance they seek could help instructional designers and teachers identify areas in which students need support during IBL group activities. This study informs educators and practitioners of effective strategies for designing and implementing peer scaffolding to assist inquiry activities in technology-enhanced classroom settings.

The Sandbox: Development and Implementation of a Technology-Enhanced Classroom.

Based on the call to transform nursing education, many nursing programs have begun to integrate more active learning strategies into the traditional classroom setting. Many educators have found successful integration requires an improved learning space that allows students to interact and work collaboratively. This article discusses a new innovative trend in higher education called the active learning classroom (ALC), how one college developed an ALC, and the impact of the ALC on the use of active learning strategies and student learning outcomes in the nursing education department.

Technology-Enhanced Active Learning Classrooms: New Directions for Social Work Education

ABSTRACTSocial work educators are increasingly exploring how to effectively use technology in their classrooms. The purpose of this study was to explore how a technology-enhanced active learning classroom influenced social work students’ engagement and overall learning experiences. An online survey was conducted with 125 social work students from micro and macro courses. When compared to macro courses, students from micro social work courses more positively reported active participation, effective teaching, and technical skills as benefits of the classroom. Furthermore, the dynamic learning environment and instructors’ effective teaching significantly affected students’ positive learning experience. Social work programs should develop various teaching methods for active learning classrooms to develop students’ practice skills that can be transferred to the real world.

Mobile Devices to Enhance Teaching and Learning in the Classroom: Some More Second Thoughts, Using Activity Theory

The focus of this interdisciplinary research is to comprehend the impacts of computing lecturers' deployment of mobile devices in the classroom for teaching and learning. Along this line of thought, the use of activity theory was paramount towards understanding the activity system which three lecturers work within. Their stances were investigated with emphasis on their lengthy years of experiences relating to teaching and learning especially using technology in addition to additional constituents of the activity system of teaching computing to higher education students within a further education college.A qualitative approach was used and the results delineate the existential nature of different ambiguities that posits at the continuum of between and within various components of the activity system. These inconsistencies include the deficiency in reflecting, teamwork, peer communication, the pressure to reduce the existing gap between theory and practice, issues with classroom sizes and the habitus of the classrooms in relation to technology enhanced learning (TEL). Numerous recommendations are put forward to alter the current state of interplay in teaching computing to higher education learners in addition to strategic deployment of mobile devices in the classroom towards fostering the growth of a technology-enhanced classroom. Keywords: Computing lecturers, mobile devices, mobile learning, m-learning, technology-enhanced classroom, activity system, activity theory, higher education, further education DOI : 10.7176/JEP/10-9-15 Publication date :March 31 st 2019

Observing the Indicators of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Science Classrooms: Video-Based Research

The purpose of the study was to observe the indicators of science teachers’ technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) using a video-based research method. The study was conducted with four in-service science teachers who taught at a school that offered tablet-based education in primary and secondary levels. Data sources included video-recorded classroom teaching sessions and pre- and post-video teacher interviews. In addition to the in-depth contextual information provided, the findings from the qualitative analysis of teacher cases revealed indicators of teachers’ TPACK in their lesson design and actual teaching processes. Design indicators included technology selection, curriculum planning, lesson preparation, and assessment. Actual teaching indicators included lesson entry behaviors, teaching methods and strategies, technology-enhanced classroom management, troubleshooting, and assessment.

Technologies in the Classroom: Advancing English Language Acquisition

In the technology-enhanced classroom, students' language acquisition is supported through opportunities for engagement, collaboration, concept development, and authentic work.

Technology-Enhanced Classroom Activity Breaks Impacting Children's Physical Activity and Fitness.

Background: This study examined the effects of a 4-week technology-enhanced physical activity (PA) interventions on students’ real-time daily PA and aerobic fitness levels. Methods: 116 fifth-graders were assigned to one intervention group (n = 31) participating in daily physical activity engaging the brain with Fitbit Challenge (PAEB-C), another intervention group (n = 29) wearing Fitbits only (Fitbit-O) daily, five days per week, or the comparison group (n = 56). Four-week real-time PA data were collected from the intervention students via Fitbase. Three groups were pre- and post-tested aerobic fitness. Results: The PAEB-C students showed significantly higher steps and minutes of being very active and fairly active (F = 7.999, p = 0.014, ŋ = 0.121; F = 5.667, p = 0.021, ŋ = 0.089; F = 10.572, p = 0.002, ŋ = 0.154) and lower minutes of being sedentary daily (F = 4.639, p = 0.035, ŋ = 0.074) than the Fitbit-O group. Both Fitbit groups exhibited significantly greater increases in aerobic fitness scores than the comparison group over time (F = 21.946, p = 0.001, ŋ = 0.303). Boys were more physically active and fit than girls. Conclusions: Technology-enhanced PA intervention was effective for improving real-time PA and aerobic fitness.

Teachers’ Perceptions and Barriers on Creating Technology-enhanced and Student-centered Classroom

Teachers’ Perceptions and Barriers on Creating Technology-enhanced and Student-centered Classroom