This article focuses on factors related to supporting the development of teacher candidates' self-efficacy as critical components in designing technology-infused teacher preparation programs. Through a synthesis of relevant literature, the authors present information about elements influencing teacher self-efficacy in technology integration…

Various factors, including technical, organisational, cultural, and individual, can influence how people adopt digital technologies (DT). However, different contexts have produced similar yet distinct results when researchers integrated these various factors into the technology acceptance model (TAM). Two critical factors in the Islamic…

The roles and responsibilities of colleges and universities vary globally but a common objective remains to prepare students for life after graduation. Institutions of higher education emphasize career readiness within their students' chosen fields of study. Digital literacy has become an important part of this employability in a time defined by…

Purpose: This paper, employing the model integrated from Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) and Technology Acceptance (TAM), will examine factors affecting Vietnamese students' acceptance behaviour towards online learning. The research aims at finding out the motivating factors and measuring their influence on students' intention to accept digital…

Background: Integration of digital technologies in schools raises the need of students to master technological, cognitive, and social digital literacy (DL) competencies. Objectives: Based on Hofstede's dimensional paradigm for defining culture, we address the cultural context and examine perceived and actual DL of Arabic-speaking minority students…

Aim/Purpose: Despite increasing access to technology, persistent disparities in digital competence and self-efficacy remain among marginalized pre-service teachers, often exacerbated by systemic inequities and the digital divide. This research explores the gap in knowledge of the lived experiences of marginalized pre-service teachers' (PST) prior…

Research Findings: This mixed-methods study utilized the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) framework to examine surveys, reflections, focus groups, and lesson plans from 22 pre-service teachers (PSTs) participating in two technology-rich courses. Following the completion of these courses, the results indicated a notable…

Amidst discussions about the use of Generative AI (GenAI) for academic research, their potential for doctoral research or literature reviews is an area beginning to be explored. This qualitative study explores doctoral students' perceptions of the value of GenAI tools in the literature review process. The analysis of 26 participants' reflections…

Many teachers still struggle to find a coherent and meaningful framework for incorporating new literacies into their instruction. This case study examines the teaching and learning that took place in a New and Multimodal Literacies class for preservice English teachers to understand how the ideas of connected learning are generative yet…

This paper presents a study that focused on assessing computer and ICT skills of business subjects' learners at Botswana Open University (BOU). The study explored the levels of computer skills; existence of ICT skills and perception of business subject learners on the adoption and use of ICT skills for teaching and learning. A sample size of 223…

In today's world, where the accessibility of information is increasing thanks to the development and transformative effect of technology, the use of technology in the education system is now indispensable. The use of technology in the learning experiences of students, who are defined as digitally native in particular, has facilitated both the…

Instructional technology continues to be prevalent in research relating to classrooms. Much research states that there is a strong relationship between teacher comfort-level with technology and use of technology in the classroom. This study focuses on increasing comfort with instructional technology at the teacher education level in a stand-alone…

Prospective teachers' (PTs') ICT integration (ICTi) for learning math (LM) has been studied in the global context, however, it lacks in the local context. This study served to bridge the gap by exploring PTs': perceptions toward ICT competence and integration; reasons for relying on technology; and the challenges encountered while LM. The…

Teaching has gone beyond mere memorizing of rules and the use of talk and chalk method of teaching. Learning is no longer tied to the four-walls of the classroom hence teachers should adapt to the new digital way of learning. This paper investigated pre-service teachers' perceptions, preparedness and competence in using virtual meeting solutions…

The study examines pre-service mathematics teachers' perceptions of the integration of technology into algebra education. With the growing emphasis on technology in education, it is crucial to understand how pre-education teachers see technology and engage in it when teaching mathematics. The research aims to gain a view of their beliefs,…