Title :
Computer education for Chinese College English teachers: Time to take action
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Technol., Zhengzhou Normal Univ., Zhengzhou, China
Abstract :
The rapid development of technology has enabled people to work socially across networks. However, results from a survey conducted in Henan province indicated that Chinese College English teachers have little knowledge of or experience with social computing tools. From 2006-2007, first as a visiting scholar, then a course assistant at Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia, one of the authors of this paper studied a Master of Education Subject: Technology and Second Language Learning, which focused on teachers´ acceptance of change in the form of integration of technology firstly into their learning and secondly their teaching, and found it providing possible reflections for Chinese College English teachers´ computer education.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; computer literacy; linguistics; teacher training; Chinese college English teachers; Henan province; computer education; course assistant; second language learning; social computing tools; Computers; Educational institutions; Information services; Internet; Social network services; Web sites; college English teachers; computer education; social computing tools; social constructivism;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Science and Education (ICCSE), 2010 5th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hefei
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6002-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICCSE.2010.5593627