• DocumentCode
    524182
  • Title

    Teachers´ view upon today´s technology tool: living or learning

  • Author

    Ting, Robert Yu-Liang ; Tai, Yarning

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Commun. Eng., Oriental Inst. of Technol., Taipei, Taiwan
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    22-24 June 2010
  • Abstract
    Rapid developments of various technologies contribute to corresponding pedagogical applications. Adopting technology in education seems to become a trend, for example, Podcasting and smart card. In addition, the current generation of students is coming to campus with quite sophisticated technology skills and habits. Their skills and habits should be explored to facilitate their learning. This study values such trend and evaluates teachers´ view in adopting technology tool in students´ life. Within such scope, the concept of tool for learning and for living is investigated. An evaluation process is held to provide quantitative evidence, and corresponding results and discussions are presented. This study expects to render a preliminary understanding, and provide an idea about how the adoption of a technology in students´ life may be proceeded in school and ensured for success.
  • Keywords
    educational technology; Podcasting; education technology; learning; pedagogical application; smart card; technology skill; Collaboration; Communications technology; Computer science education; Digital audio broadcasting; Educational institutions; Educational technology; Mobile handsets; Portfolios; Smart cards; Teleconferencing; life-long learning; technology adoption; technology tool;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Education Technology and Computer (ICETC), 2010 2nd International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Shanghai
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-6367-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICETC.2010.5529217
  • Filename
    5529217