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Frances Amato – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Interest in one-to-one (1:1) device programs, where schools provide each student with their own computing device, has increased across the United States. The problem this study addressed was whether primary teachers' perceived usefulness, ease of use, organizational support, and technical support of a 1:1 device program is related to their…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Elementary School Teachers, Adoption (Ideas), Educational Technology
Areen Ahmed Alnemrat – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study seeks to understand the current level of e-learning and to investigate the challenges to the successful implementation of e-learning in Jordanian higher education from the perspectives of faculty members at selected Jordanian universities. Analyses of emailed survey data from 157 faculty members showed that the level of faculty…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Technology Uses in Education
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Maphalala, Mncedisi Christian; Adigun, Olufemi Timothy – International Journal of Higher Education, 2021
This study sought to explore the experiences of academics with the use of e-learning to support teaching and learning at a South African university. The theory underpinning the study was the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT). The study adopted a qualitative design using ten purposively selected academic staff and one IT…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness
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Shi, Jingyi; Fan, Lidong – SAGE Open, 2021
English is required as the official working language for oceangoing seafarers across the world. In China, much time and effort has been dedicated to improving maritime students' Maritime English (ME). However, low English proficiency is still one of the main barriers for Chinese seafarers to compete in the international maritime labor market.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Higher Education, Engineering Education
Seifert, Tami – Journal of Educational Technology, 2016
The use of mobile learning spaces is an opportunity to break the boundaries of the classroom and to prepare teacher-educators and pre-service teachers for future school classes. The purpose of this study is to examine the implementation of mobile technology and usage patterns in the mobile technology space among lecturers in a teacher education…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Teaching Methods, Handheld Devices, Teacher Educators
Ogden, Marissa A. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Education in the United States is failing the students. American education is failing largely because education is often taught with ineffective teaching methods as well as many of today's teachers not finding technology important or necessary in the classroom curricula. The purpose of this qualitative, exploratory multiple case study is to…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Technology Uses in Education, Case Studies
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Lorenzo, Arnold R. – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2016
Evaluation is important to gauge the strengths, weaknesses and effectiveness of any activity. This study evaluated the iSchools Project implemented in the Public High Schools of Tarlac Province, Philippines by the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) in partnership with the selected State Universities and Colleges. Using…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Internet, High Schools, Program Effectiveness
Beaver, Jessica K.; Hallar, Brittan; Westmaas, Lucas; Englander, Katie – Research for Action, 2015
The Philadelphia Education Research Consortium--or PERC--was launched in August 2014 as an innovative partnership designed to provide research and analyses on some of the city's most pressing education issues. This partnership was forged among the School District of Philadelphia, Philadelphia's charter school sector, and Research for Action (RFA).…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Best Practices, Program Implementation, Teacher Surveys
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Isci, Tugce Gamze; Demir, Selcuk Besir – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2015
This study aims to profoundly investigate the usage of tablets distributed within the scope of FATIH Project in Turkey in terms of teacher views. The study was conducted with case study design, which is one of the qualitative study methods. The participants in the study were determined using critical case sampling. Data was collected using…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Handheld Devices, Teacher Attitudes, Case Studies
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Akcaoglu, Mete; Gumus, Sedat; Bellibas, Mehmet Sukru; Boyer, D. Matthew – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2015
Technology has already become an indispensable part of our lives, and nations around the world see schools as the main agents to prepare their youth for a technology-filled future, and invest important amounts of funding to provide hardware to schools, students and teachers. The Turkish Ministry of National Education is in the midst of the FATIH…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Implementation, Technology Uses in Education, Technology Integration
Gagnon, Daniel A. – Online Submission, 2012
This paper describes the diffusion of Moodle within Cherokee County Schools. The diffusion is evaluated using the Bass Model and the RIPPLES model in order to evaluate relative success or failure. The Bass Model of Diffusion was calculated utilizing forecasting by analogy in order to analyze the adoption rates in a county high school. The adoption…
Descriptors: County School Districts, High Schools, Secondary School Teachers, Adoption (Ideas)
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Park, Sung Hee; Ertmer, Peggy A. – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2008
This study focused on the barriers that middle school teachers faced when implementing technology-enhanced problem-based learning (PBL) in their classrooms. Using a human performance-based model, we interviewed teachers, administrators, university faculty and technical support staff to determine the perceived importance of multiple barriers to the…
Descriptors: Technical Support, Feedback (Response), Problem Based Learning, Program Effectiveness
Shapley, Kelly; Maloney, Catherine; Caranikas-Walker, Fanny; Sheehan, Daniel – Texas Center for Educational Research, 2008
The Technology Immersion Pilot (TIP), created by the Texas Legislature in 2003, called for the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to establish a pilot project to "immerse" schools in technology by providing a wireless mobile computing device for each teacher and student, technology-based learning resources, training for teachers to integrate…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Public Schools, Technology Integration, Academic Achievement
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Al-Gattoufi, Said; Al-Naabi, Salem; Gattoufi, Bechir – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2007
The Ministry of Higher Education in the Sultanate of Oman initiated recently a restructuring program for the General Directorate Colleges of Education aiming to replace the existing six colleges with more applied and highly IT assisted institutions. A particular emphasis is directed towards improving the learning methods by developing and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Schools of Education, Learning Resources Centers
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Wepner, Shelley B.; Bowes, Kathleen A.; Serotkin, Rita – Journal of Computing in Teacher Education, 2005
This article describes the implementation of a state-funded grant, the challenges that emerged, and the lessons learned. This yearlong grant, Technology[superscript 3], provided the resources for university faculty, teacher candidates, and cooperating teachers to integrate technology. Findings from the grant did not indicate significant changes in…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Professional Development Schools, Elementary Education, Educational Technology