This study investigated the factors that impact in-service teachers' intention to use technology (n=379), using multiple-indicator, multiple cause (MIMIC)modeling. In this study, in-service teachers' intention to use technology was hypothesized to be impacted by four factors: (1) age, (2) years of teaching service, (3) years of computer use, and (4) hours of daily computer use. Using the struct…
Qualitative methods were used to identify and analyze issues related to a distance education course. While classroom performance does not appear to be a factor related to differences in remote sites versus the local site, interactivity among the students and between the teacher and the students tends to be affected from the compressed video format. Issues of classroom management, facilitation a…
Children in special education too frequently are exposed to second-rate academic programs and inferior curriculums when compared to children in regular education. As a direct consequence, they show poor results on state examinations and are ill-prepared for future academic and workplace success. This article proposes rigorous ELITE Schools (Everyone Learning with Information Technology) as one …
This exploratory quantitative study assessed 149 behaviors, characteristics, and techniques considered indicative of expertise to determine what social scientists in Agricultural Communications, Education, Extension, and Leadership (ACEEL) disciplines value. A total of 731 social scientists from 25 land-grant universities across the United States surveyed in the fall of 2018 served as the popul…
In this article, the need for teacher education programmes to offer support for the development of pre-service teacher agency is discussed in order to enable prospective teachers to operate agentically in their professional contexts. Using Priestley et al.'s (2015) ecological framework for teacher agency, I reflect on the extent to which I achieve this goal in my own teacher education context a…
The purpose of this study is to determine ways to facilitate teachers' uses of instructional technology. First, we provide a review of criteria for selecting useful computer resources for instructional purposes. Secondly, we describe results from a survey that addresses teachers' beliefs about technology, their technological resources, and support for the use of instructional technology in thef…
This study explores pre-service teachers 'experiences integrating SMART Board technology into their teaching practice. The results suggest that pre-service teachers found the technology mentoring process to be useful in preparing them to integrate instructional technology into their lessons. The pre-service teachers developed high interest in integrating SMART board technology within their own …
This study examined if professional development needs of digital natives and immigrant teachers differed for technology integration in a Chinese education setting. Quantitative and qualitative data was collected from 500 teachers at six schools in China. The digital native teachers and immigrant teachers were compared in terms of their different technology use behaviors and integration skills. …
This study evaluated the perceptions of pre-service teachers in their ability to integrate technology into a learning environment based on coursework and student teaching experiences. Pre-service teachers were surveyed using the 2008 ISTE/NETS*T standards as a framework. Results were collected across four academic years at a university that has identified technology as an underlying theme. Conc…
The study deal with the topic of social networks and their implications for the readability of students of the Higher School of Technological Education professors in Skikda, and it aimed to uncover the justifications for the university student’s use of these networks, and the extent of their contribution to developing his intellectual awareness of the importance of reading and increasing his …