Download or read book Factors Affecting University Faculty Adoption of New Technology with Implications for the Virtual Education Paradigm written by Geno J. Baruffi and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Factors Affecting Faculty Technology Adoption of Online Teaching in Higher Education written by Yonghan Zhou and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Online teaching and learning has grown rapidly in current educational contexts. Whereas once, the role of faculty was primarily a classroom instructor, in online classrooms, the role has been expanded to one of facilitator, organizer, and supporter. The more efficiently that faculty can adopt online technology and apply it to their teaching and instruction, the better students academic results will achieve (Goktalay & Huguet, 2006). The purpose of this literature review is to help faculty members to adopt new online technologies more effectively and successfully. This literature review identifies important factors that contribute to faculty members' adoption of technology in higher education. Among these factors are: reliability of online technology, faculty's perceived usefulness of technology, institutional support of online technology, time constraints in implementing online technology to instructional methods and developing effective goals for the use of technology, and then provides recommendations based on these affecting factors.
Download or read book Faculty Attitude Adoption and Application of Technology in Higher Education written by Linda K. Johnsrud and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Factors Affecting Instructional Leaders Perception towards Educational Media Utilization in Classroom Teaching written by Getnet Eshetu and published by diplom.de. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Solution at Hand to Improve Quality presents the materials necessary for understanding problems and solutions to integrate educational media technology in classroom teaching by exploring factors that affect the perceptions of instructional leaders. A considerable portion of the Solution at Hand to Improve Quality describes the roles of media in improving the quality of teaching-learning process and the roles of different actors. It focuses in identifying the instructional leaders tendency to favor on supplementary or/and substitutive roles of media for classroom teaching in relation to their past training as well as experience. Solution at Hand to Improve Quality also pointed out the reasons behind for instructional leaders’ perception and detailed solutions for the existing problems. Finally, Solution at Hand to Improve Quality presents practical recommendations for curriculum developers, education officials, teachers’ educators, educational media experts, instructional leaders and even to teachers.
Download or read book Handbook of Research on Developing a Post pandemic Paradigm for Virtual Technologies in Higher Education written by Sandra Loueiro and published by Information Science Reference. This book was released on 2021-07 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book presents the way that the pandemic forced virtual technologies to become an ubiquitous requirement for students to continue learning and for Universities and teachers to continue teaching and offers new paradigms for instructors to change their ways of teaching addressing both challenges and opportunities"--
Download or read book The Virtual Campus written by Gerald C. Van Dusen and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 1997 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "virtual campus" is a metaphor for the electronic teaching, learning, and research environment created by the convergence of several relatively new technologies including, but not restricted to, the Internet, World Wide Web, computer-mediated communication, video conferencing, multi-media, groupware, video-on-demand, desktop publishing, intelligent tutoring systems, and virtual reality. The focus of this monograph is of necessity limited to changes occurring in higher education institutions that are committed to reform via technology. A survey of the literature finds reform characterized by changes in teaching, learning, research and scholarly activity, organizational culture, and governance and finance. Section 2 takes up teaching on the virtual campus and how institutional variables influence adoption of information technologies according to their particular missions and goals. Section 3, on classroom learning, contrasts traditional and virtual classrooms and describes the interface capabilities of various technologies. Section 4 explores recent reconceptualizations of scholarship as well as new computer-based technologies that are beginning to influence both the methods and substance of research. Section 5 depicts efforts to reform both the bureaucratic and academic spheres of higher education institutions by applying principles of Total Quality Management. Section 6 delineates some of the important new responsibilities of governing boards, including monitoring regulatory legislation, establishing a telecommunications policy, and shepherding resources for technology. The final section draws conclusions from the literature and makes recommendations for institutional planning and research. Specifically the seven conclusions are: (1) a paradigm shift can occur only in institutions committed to comprehensive reform; (2) attempts to change the classroom focus from "the sage on the stage" to collaborative learning are likely to fail without a substantial commitment to professional development; (3) higher education will continue to be market driven, requiring redoubled efforts to define academic productivity; (4) new constituencies appear to be well served by a variety of available distance learning venues; (5) the TQM movement has made impressive inroads in higher education administration; however, very little penetration has occurred when it most matters--on the academic side of the institution; (6) even as instructional use of technology rises, institutional support for applications development has been dilatory; and (7) the historic commitment to core values in traditional undergraduate education has wavered; the same vacillation threatens to undermine general education requirements in electronically delivered certificate and degree programs. Seven recommendations for beginning this process of integration include: (1) create a venue where key stakeholders can analyze major technology issues and purchases; (2) assert the value of technology-based learning from a variety of research perspectives; (3) establish quality standards for certificate and degree programs; (4) avoid pitting traditionalists against technology enthusiasts; (5) make "collaboration" and "cooperation," not "reengineering" and "restructuring" the new institutional buzz-words; (6) retain a strong commitment to adequate library staffing and funding; and (7) prepare for success by creating the necessary support structures. A glossary of terms is appended. (Contains 228 references.) (AA).
Download or read book New Educational Technology written by Riko Kobayashi and published by Nova Publishers. This book was released on 2008 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Educational technology is a creative blending of 'idea' and 'product' technologies with subject-matter content in order to engender and improve teaching and learning processes. Educational technology is often associated with the terms instructional technology or learning technology. 'Product' technologies are tangible; for example, computer hardware or software. 'Idea' technologies are cognitive frameworks or schemes; for example, the Multiple Intelligence Theory proposed by Howard Gardner. When products are thoughtfully blended with subject matter content (such as mathematics or science concepts) for a specific audience in a specific educational context (such as a school), one is using 'educational technology'. The words educational and technology in the term educational technology have the general meaning. Educational technology is not restricted to the education of children, nor to the use of high technology.
Download or read book Quarterly Review of Distance Education written by Michael Simonson and published by IAP. This book was released on 2015-08-01 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Quarterly Review of Distance Education is a rigorously refereed journal publishing articles, research briefs, reviews, and editorials dealing with the theories, research, and practices of distance education. The Quarterly Review publishes articles that utilize various methodologies that permit generalizable results which help guide the practice of the field of distance education in the public and private sectors. The Quarterly Review publishes full-length manuscripts as well as research briefs, editorials, reviews of programs and scholarly works, and columns. The Quarterly Review defines distance education as institutionally-based formal education in which the learning group is separated and interactive technologies are used to unite the learning group.
Download or read book Digital Academe written by William H. Dutton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-06-29 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book responds to an ever-increasing call from educators, policy makers, journalists, parents and the public at large for analysis that cuts through the hype surrounding the information revolution to address key issues associated with new media in higher education and learning. This collection is of value to those who are seeking a critical, non-commercial exposition of both the enormous opportunities and challenges for higher education that are tied to the use of new information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the development of distance education and distributed learning. The chapters are written by leading exponents, practitioners and researchers from a variety of disciplinary perspectives and the collection as a whole spans national boundaries and reaches beyond the research community to relate to issues of policy and practice.
Download or read book Case Studies on Information Technology in Higher Education Implications for Policy and Practice written by Petrides, Lisa Ann and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 1999-07-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Case Studies on Information Technology in Higher Education: Implications for Policy and Practice is a collection of cases by researchers and practitioners that investigates examples of integrating IT in higher education, examining both successes and failures in college and university settings.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology First Edition written by Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A., Mehdi and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2005-01-31 with total page 3807 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensive coverage of critical issues related to information science and technology.
Download or read book Handbook of Distance Education written by Michael Grahame Moore and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third edition of this award-winning Handbook continues the mission of its predecessors: to provide a comprehensive compendium of research in all aspects of distance education, arguably the most significant development in education over the past three decades. While the book deals with education that uses technology, the focus is on teaching and learning and how its management can be facilitated through technology. Key features include: Comprehensive coverage that includes all aspects of distance education, including design, instruction, management, policy, and a section on different audiences. Chapter authors frame their topic in terms of empirical research (past and present) and discuss the nature of current practice in terms of that research. Future research needs are discussed in relation to both confirmed practice and recent changes in the field. Section one provides a unique review of the theories that support distance education pedagogy. Section six includes a unique review of distance education as a component of global culture. This book will be of interest to anyone engaged in distance education at any level. It is also appropriate for corporate and government trainers and for administrators and policy makers in all these environments. Recipient of the 2013 IAP Distance Education Book Award
Download or read book Virtualization of Universities written by Thomas Pfeffer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-12-08 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this volume is to shape conceptual tools to understand the impact of new information and communication technologies (ICTs) on the organization of universities. Traditional research-based universities, the most typical representatives of the higher education system, find themselves challenged by the speed and the wide range of technical innovations, but also by a vast array of implicit assumptions and explicit promises associated with the distribution of digital media. The author observes that as universities increasingly use digital media (computers and the Internet) to accomplish their tasks, a transformation takes place in an evolutionary rather than in a revolutionary way. Using the University of Klagenfurt as an in-depth case study, he explores such dynamic issues as how digital media affect the practice of research, the preservation and dissemination of knowledge (for example, through publishing and archiving), and delivery of education at universities. More broadly, he considers issues of organizational culture and design, administration, and leadership as universities integrate digital technologies into all aspects of their operations.
Download or read book Education Is Not an App written by Jonathan A. Poritz and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-08-12 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whilst much has been written about the doors that technology can open for students, less has been said about its impact on teachers and professors. Although technology undoubtedly brings with it huge opportunities within higher education, there is also the fear that it will have a negative effect both on faculty and on teaching standards. Education Is Not an App offers a bold and provocative analysis of the economic context within which educational technology is being implemented, not least the financial problems currently facing higher education institutions around the world. The book emphasizes the issue of control as being a key factor in whether educational technology is used for good purposes or bad purposes, arguing that technology has great potential if placed in caring hands. Whilst it is a guide to the newest developments in education technology, it is also a book for those faculty, technology professionals, and higher education policy-makers who want to understand the economic and pedagogical impact of technology on professors and students. It advocates a path into the future based on faculty autonomy, shared governance, and concentration on the university’s traditional role of promoting the common good. Offering the first critical, in-depth assessment of the political economy of education technology, this book will serve as an invaluable guide to concerned faculty, as well as to anyone with an interest in the future of higher education.
Download or read book Adoption of Virtual Technologies for Business Educational and Governmental Advancements written by Sharma, Sushil K. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2012-09-30 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book provides a wide range of coverage on the adoption of technology, providing a better understanding of the topics, research and discoveries in this significant field"--
Download or read book A Virtual Higher Education Campus in a Global World written by Nitza Davidovitch and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book focuses on the challenges of academic teaching in an era of technological advances. The challenges of pedagogy and technology are an important topic in the debates of academic scholars on the instructor's role in an era of technological progress. Have lecturers become obsolete? Will the classroom become a studio setting in which lectures will be broadcast? What is the role of collaboration in creating a multi-campus virtual university where the best lecturers teach and share their knowledge? What are the implications of the new options created through the mediation of lecturers' teaching materials? What are the implications for teaching practice and the learning experience, and what are the social, ethical, moral, and financial implications and the implications for infrastructure and policy-making? The contributing authors, researchers and educators from diverse disciplines and research institutions offer a fresh perspective on the changing face of teaching in higher education and its responses to contemporary challenges"--
Download or read book Technology Taking the Distance out of Learning written by Margit Misangyi Watts and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2003-07-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a current of frustration among many faculty members, based in on feeling pressured to produce distance education. Yet others suggest that there is no excuse to "not" use the new available tools. These educators find that using technology intelligently will almost certainly extend both reach and results. But those frustrated ones might agree that the reach is extended but aren't so certain about the results. Understanding that one of the goals of a liberal education is also to openly debate and defend cultural assumptions, perhaps we need to perhaps come to terms with the explosion of technology that promises to change our educational paradigm. Faculty must view themselves as learners, along with students, using the new technologies together in an exploration and analysis of the world and its meaning. This volume addresses the profound questions, and their implications, that stem from the tide of new technologies thrust into our lives. The narrative focuses on the educational arena, as it has become the emergent venue for conversations about technology. Rather than only dealing with instances of success or failure in classrooms, or contributing to theories about various applications of software and hardware, this book issue addresses technology, specifically the new computer technologies, as a new cultural symbol. These chapters should encourage participation in meaningful conversations about technology in general and how it effects affects education in particular. This is the 94th issue of the quarterly journal New Directions for Teaching and Learning.
