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Trevisan, Ottavia; De Rossi, Marina; Christensen, Rhonda; Knezek, Gerald; Smits, Anneke – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2023
In the rush for the COVID-19 pandemic's online transition, the pursuit of quality online learning was frequently overshadowed by the urgency of emergency instruction online. As blended and online teaching became an integral part of education, there emerged a need to investigate how faculty coped with this transition and what competencies they…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Web Based Instruction, Teacher Competencies, Technology Integration
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Kao, Chia-Pin; Wu, Ying-Tien; Chang, Yu-Yu; Chien, Hui-Min; Mou, Tsai-Yun – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2020
There is a large body of study concerning primary school teachers' technology integration, and their web-based professional development self-efficacy and attitudes. However, little research has been particularly conducted to investigate the effects of self-efficacy and attitudes toward professional development on teachers' intention to integrate…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Web Based Instruction, Teacher Attitudes, Self Efficacy
Saghir, Ali Mohammed – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Professional development helps employees improve their skills and competencies for performing work-related tasks. It entails equipping workers with technical skills to enable them to use a new technology. However, institutions are still faced with challenges when integrating new technologies into their systems. It is important for the management…
Descriptors: Web Based Instruction, Seminars, College Faculty, Intention
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Buchanan, Tom; Sainter, Phillip; Saunders, Gunter – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 2013
This study examines factors associated with the use of learning technologies by higher education faculty. In an online survey in a UK university, 114 faculty respondents completed a measure of Internet self-efficacy, and reported on their use of learning technologies along with barriers to their adoption. Principal components analysis suggested…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Internet, Factor Analysis
Goines, Erika Kristine Kelly – ProQuest LLC, 2012
As the ideas behind traditional learning change the content delivery methods used by teachers should adapt as well. Teachers are being asked to find ways of introducing and relating the material to students in the web world that many digital natives live in outside of the classroom walls. To prevent the misuse of Internet inside of the classroom…
Descriptors: Internet, Web 2.0 Technologies, Technology Integration, Self Efficacy
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Owens, Tessa – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2012
Developing effective teaching practices within the higher education sector is an area of growing concern. Universities within the UK are judged on their competence in this area by mechanisms such as the National Student Survey and universities are anxious to be perceived as offering good quality teaching and learning experiences. The use of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Effectiveness, Electronic Learning, Faculty Development
Pan, Shu Chien; Franklin, Teresa – New Horizons in Education, 2011
Background: The implementation and integration of computer technologies in K-12 education has seen nearly constant growth since the early 1980s (Culp, Honey, Mandinach & Bailey, 2003), in part because this trend has become synonymous with skills that students will need as participants in a competitive global economy (Culp et al., 2003). It has…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Elementary Secondary Education, Self Efficacy, Technology Integration
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Ulrich, Jana; Karvonen, Meagan – Internet and Higher Education, 2011
Higher educational institutions face mounting challenges to the way they operate, including a growing population of demographically diverse students who demand flexibility in course delivery, timing, and content. Web 2.0 applications can be important components in implementing the required change. Implementation, however, requires faculty…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Online Courses, Prior Learning, Innovation
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Lee, Min-Hsien; Tsai, Chin-Chung – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2010
Research in the area of educational technology has claimed that Web technology has driven online pedagogy such that teachers need to know how to use Web technology to assist their teaching. This study provides a framework for understanding teachers' Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge-Web (TPCK-W), while integrating Web technology into…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Self Efficacy, Foreign Countries, Educational Technology
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George-Palilonis, Jennifer; Filak, Vincent – International Journal on E-Learning, 2010
As graphically driven, animated, interactive applications offer educators new opportunities for shaping course content, new avenues for research arise as well. Along with these developments comes a need to study the effectiveness of the individual tools at our disposal as well as various methods for integrating those tools in a classroom setting.…
Descriptors: Course Content, Learner Engagement, Science Instruction, Electronic Learning
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Sayadian, Sima; Mukundan, Jayakaran; Baki, Roselan – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2009
Technology, if integrated effectively, has been found to influence students' academic performance, develop their higher order thinking and problem solving, improve their motivation, attitude, and interest in learning, and help them prepare for the workforce as well as address the needs of low performing, at-risk, and learning impaired students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Web Based Instruction, Educational Technology
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Macfadyen, Leah P.; Dawson, Shane – Computers & Education, 2010
Earlier studies have suggested that higher education institutions could harness the predictive power of Learning Management System (LMS) data to develop reporting tools that identify at-risk students and allow for more timely pedagogical interventions. This paper confirms and extends this proposition by providing data from an international…
Descriptors: Network Analysis, Academic Achievement, At Risk Students, Prediction
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Cakir, Hasan; Delialioglu, Omer; Dennis, Alan; Duffy, Thomas – AACE Journal, 2009
Student achievement gap between urban and suburban regions are a major issue in U.S. schools. Technology enhanced learning environments that support teaching and learning process with advanced technology may close this achievement gap. This paper examines the impact of student and school factors with an emphasis on schools' geographic location on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Instructional Materials, Geographic Location, Educational Environment
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Al-Fadhli, Salah – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2009
The recent revolution in information technology (IT) has significantly challenged society's perception and thinking about the world in which we live. Because of its many advantages, distance learning has been identified by educators, scholars, academicians, and researchers as one of the most effective ways to improve the quality of learning. This…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Open Universities, Distance Education, Self Efficacy