A Qualitative Case Study on the Acquisition and Use of Educational and Information Technologies in a New High School in Southern New Mexico

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A Qualitative Case Study on the Acquisition and Use of Educational and Information Technologies in a New High School in Southern New Mexico

Grijalva, Norma

ProQuest LLC, Ph.D. Dissertation, New Mexico State University

This research explores various aspects of technology in education, including learning applications, equipment, infrastructure, and pedagogy. Technology can be used for course delivery, assessment, communications, research and other learning activities. As educational institutions transition more of their academic courses, resources, and services into technology, it is important that the most effective technology and software be implemented. They are frequently required to make the decisions even though they may have limited technical backgrounds that can reduce their comfort level, and ability to make competent and informed decisions regarding technology implementations. The aim of this research is to examine the process employed in selecting and acquiring technology and the intended use of that technology in a new high school in southern New Mexico (NM). The research questions that guided this study include: (a) Why were specific information technologies selected and implemented in a new school? (b) What was identified along with the technology, as required, that ensures that the technologies are effectively implemented? (c) How does information technology help meet the school's curriculum and learning aim? (d) What are the perceptions that access to information technology makes students more successful? The case study consists of interviews with the school principal, assistant principal, and the school's technologist(s) regarding technology acquisition and its subsequent implementation in a new high school in southern New Mexico. The second is the observation of technology use in the classroom along with teacher interviews. This information was triangulated with a document review and compared to the research literature. The technology acquisition and implementation seemed to be driven by the central office technologist with informed feedback and usability data from three recently built schools. The participants indicated that the technology could be used to support a variety teaching methodologies and learning styles. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]

Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Allied Health Personnel, Educational Technology, Information Technology, High Schools, Technology Uses in Education, Secondary School Curriculum, Interviews, Principals, Observation, Feedback (Response)

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Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education

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ICT Use: Educational Technology and Library and Information Science Students' Perspectives--An Exploratory Study

Aharony, Noa; Shonfeld, Miri

Interdisciplinary Journal of e-Skills and Lifelong Learning, v11 p191-207 2015

This study seeks to explore what factors influence students' ICT use and web technology competence. The objectives of this study are the following: (a) To what extent do certain elements of Rogers' (2003) Diffusion of Innovations Theory (DOI) explain students' ICT use, (b) To what extent do personality characteristics derived from the Big Five approach explain students' ICT use, and (c) To what extent does motivation explain students' ICT use. The research was conducted in Israel during the second semester of the academic year 2013-14, and included two groups of participants: a group of Educational Technology students (ET) and a group of Library and Information Science students (LIS). Findings add another dimension to the importance of Rogers' DOI theory in the fields of Educational Technology and Library and Information Science. Further, findings confirm that personality characteristics as well as motivation affect ICT use. If instructors would like to enhance students' ICT use, they should be aware of individual differences between students, and they should present to students the advantages and usefulness of ICT, thus increasing their motivation to use ICT, in the hopes that they will become innovators or early adopters. Appended are: (1) ICT Questionnaire; (2) Attitude Questionnaire; (3) The Big Five Questionnaire; and (4) Motivation Questionnaire.

Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Internet, Personality Traits, Theories, Student Motivation, Foreign Countries, College Students, Library Science, Information Science, Questionnaires, Student Attitudes, Innovation, Statistical Analysis, Correlation, Multivariate Analysis, Likert Scales

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Education Technologies in Addressing the Problem of Forming the Socially Active Individual

Popova, Irina N.

International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, v11 n9 p2583-2593 2016

The article is devoted to the analysis of technological support of the educational process in solving the problem of forming the socially active individual. The authors studied the value of the category "social activity" and analyzed educational technologies that have an impact on its formation. The obtained results gave the possibility to identify four collaterally subordinated types of educational technologies: meta-technologies, sectoral macro-technologies, module-local technologies and micro technologies. This study includes ascertaining information and is based on the methods of pedagogical observation and analysis of results. The study shows unformed social maturity of young people and, consequently, their inability to realize social activity through their own readiness to take the initiative in a public activity. The research findings can be used in teaching practices in order to improve the level of social activity of students in educational institutions.

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Social Behavior, Individual Development, Observation, Maturity (Individuals), Readiness, Interpersonal Competence, Self Concept, Secondary School Students

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Education Level: Secondary Education

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Identifiers - Location: Russia