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Hsin, Ching-Ting; Li, Ming-Chaun; Tsai, Chin-Chung – Educational Technology & Society, 2014
This study aimed to conduct a systematic literature review on empirical studies of how technologies influence young children's learning. Eighty-seven articles published between 2003 and 2013 were identified through the Web of Science database. We employed content analysis to identify the research trends of this topic. "Technology…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Educational Technology, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Lei, Pei-Lan; Lin, Sunny S. J.; Sun, Chuen-Tsai – Educational Technology & Society, 2013
Image searches are now crucial for obtaining information, constructing knowledge, and building successful educational outcomes. We investigated how reading ability and Internet experience influence keyword-based image search behaviors and performance. We categorized 58 junior-high-school students into four groups of high/low reading ability and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Junior High School Students, Reading Ability, Internet
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Almekhlafi, Abdurrahman Ghaleb; Almeqdadi, Farouq Ahmad – Educational Technology & Society, 2010
Technology is a growing part of any society today. Educational technology has become a cornerstone for any country's efforts to improve students' performance at K-12 schools. It has become the focus of educators worldwide. However, research studies investigating technology integration, particularly at the United Arab Emirates (UAE) K-12 schools,…
Descriptors: Barriers, Computer Literacy, Focus Groups, Technology Integration
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Al-Ruz, Jamal Abu; Khasawneh, Samer – Educational Technology & Society, 2011
The purpose of this study was to test a model in which technology integration of pre-service teachers was predicted by a number of university-based and school-based factors. Initially, factors affecting technology integration were identified, and a research-based path model was developed to explain causal relationships between these factors. The…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Self Efficacy, Technology Integration, Educational Technology
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Uzunboylu, Huseyin; Tuncay, Nazime – Educational Technology & Society, 2010
There exists great diversity in the teachers' digital world. Teachers are being discriminated based on numerous educational gaps. This paper seeks to assess the extent of the digital divide among the North Cyprus vocational teachers along the four axes: age, Internet access, computer access, and performance (computing knowledge/experience). A…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Access to Computers, Foreign Countries, Educational Technology
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Gu, Xiaoqing; Zhu, Yuankun; Guo, Xiaofeng – Educational Technology & Society, 2013
The past few decades have witnessed the rapid development of information and communication technology around the world, as well as continuing efforts to introduce technology into K12 schools. To gauge the success of integrating technology into classrooms, how end users, including teachers and students, accept and use technology while overcoming a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technology Integration, Technology Uses in Education, Teacher Attitudes
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Louys, Amelie; Hernandez-Leo, Davinia; Schoonenboom, Judith; Lemmers, Ruud; Perez-Sanagustin, Mar – Educational Technology & Society, 2009
This paper describes a pilot study centred on the technology-enhanced self-development of competences in lifelong learning education carried out in the challenging context of the Association of Participants Agora. The pilot study shows that the use of the TENCompetence infrastructure, i.e. in this case the Personal Development Planner tool,…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Competence, Adult Students, Learner Controlled Instruction
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Ben-David Kolikant, Yifat – Educational Technology & Society, 2009
Today's students were born into a world of digital technology. We investigated the impact of computers and the Internet on the learning preferences of students whose schools do not use this technology in class, specifically, (a) the usability they attributed to the technology for tasks requiring the processing of information; and (b) their…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, High School Students, History Instruction, Student Surveys
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Herner-Patnode, Leah M.; Lee, Hea-Jin – Educational Technology & Society, 2009
This study presents the results of the examination of the use of technology to enhance the capstone portfolio process for teacher candidates completing a master's degree at a small regional campus in Northwest Ohio, United States. Students at this institution complete a fifth year program that results in a master's degree and a recommendation for…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Preservice Teachers, State Standards, Teacher Attitudes
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Inamdar, Parimala; Kulkarni, Arun – Educational Technology & Society, 2007
Earlier work at unsupervised playground computer kiosks in rural India, popularly called "hole-in-the-wall", showed that children exposed to these kiosks learn to use computers on their own and that they are able to clear school examinations in computer science, without any classroom teaching for it. Extending this, our recent research…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Mathematics Achievement, Playgrounds, Program Effectiveness
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Fichten, Catherine S.; Ferraro, Vittoria; Asuncion, Jennison V.; Chwojka, Caroline; Barile, Maria; Nguyen, Mai N.; Klomp, Ryan; Wolforth, Joan – Educational Technology & Society, 2009
This study explored e-learning problems and solutions reported by 223 students with disabilities, 58 campus disability service providers, 28 professors, and 33 e-learning professionals from Canadian colleges and universities. All four groups indicated, via online questionnaires, problems with: accessibility of websites and course/learning…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Learning Problems, Management Systems, Economically Disadvantaged
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Wong, Su Luan; Hanafi, Atan – Educational Technology & Society, 2007
This article presents a quantitative study on gender differences in attitudes toward the usage of Information Technology (IT) related tools and applications. The study was conducted at Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia, with 73 female and 29 male student teachers involved as participants. They were each presented with a questionnaire to relate…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Information Technology, Foreign Countries, Gender Differences
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Luan, Wong Su; Fung, Ng Siew; Nawawi, Mokhtar; Hong, Tang Sai – Educational Technology & Society, 2005
Much has been said about the benefits of the Internet as a teaching and learning tool but to realize these benefits, teachers must be willing and able to use the Internet effectively in their teaching. Studies have also clearly shown that the likeliness of teachers using the Internet effectively and the success of Internet utilization was very…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Internet, Preservice Teachers, Computer Attitudes
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Jung, Insung – Educational Technology & Society, 2005
Teaching is becoming one of the most challenging professions in our society where knowledge is expanding rapidly and modern technologies are demanding teachers to learn how to use these technologies in their teaching. While new technologies increase teachers' training needs, they also offer part of the solution. Information and communication…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Educational Technology, Faculty Development, Computer Uses in Education
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Salmon, Debra; Jones, Mathew – Educational Technology & Society, 2004
Given the drive in higher education institutions to employ web-based learning (WBL) technologies in their curricula, this article sets out to address the question of how staff experience the incorporation of such technologies into their educational practice. The study focuses on an initiative involving four institutions in South and West England…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Practices, Foreign Countries, Internet