Abstract :
This study investigates teachers’ views on the role of technology
in building their creativity during teaching practices within the context of Indonesian
higher education. An exploratory mixed methods design was employed
by interviewing 20 EFL teachers about the role of technology in
teachers’ creativity and administering a creativity questionnaire to 175 teachers.
The findings revealed that teachers are aware of the importance of technology
in creativity. Technology appears to help them explore their creativity
and encourages learners’ creativity in a way that it helps transfer their creativity
into reality, makes the activities more authentic, and provides teaching
materials on various topics. However, there is no clear evidence about how
these teachers use technology in their actual classrooms. In general, the way
in which technology was utilized in teaching was limited and largely influenced
by other factors, such as teachers’ willingness to learn, students’ participation,
frequent interaction, and cooperation. This implies the need for future
research to investigate the creative pedagogy of technology use in the classroom
to contribute to improving classroom practices with regard to creativity
and technology use.
