20: Breaking Down Barriers to the Use of Technology for Teaching in Higher Education

Abstract

This chapter examines the most common technologies used for teaching on college campuses and the most common barriers to advanced uses of technology tools. Survey results consistently show that the major harriers to incorporating technology into higher education are lack of faculty time, faculty doubts about the relevancy of technology to disciplinary learning, and inadequate technical support for faculty projects and technology uses. This chapter, then, proposes several approaches developed and assessed by the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching at the University of Michigan for removing those barriers to technology uses in higher education. Although providing flexible technology training schedules and formats helps address the problem of time, offering training that combines pedagogy and technology skills clarifies the link between technology and disciplinary knowledge acquisition. Finally, the collaborative approach to technology support enables faculty to enjoy continuous and coordinated technology support for their projects and technology uses in the classroom. This chapter also provides recommendations for supporting faculty in using technology to improve their teaching and student learning.

Intensification of the educational process of higher educational institutions by tools of interactive technologies

“…The intensification of the educational process of institutions of the higher educational institution (HEI) is carried out due to the use of IT, which improve the flexibility of schedules and training formats (Zhu, E., 2017). IT increase the level of students' productivity (Benta, D., Bologa, G., Dzitac I., 2015), as well as students' self-efficacy (Moreno, V., et al, 2016).…”

“…It is a set of real-time applications that contributes to the interactivity of technologies (Kebble, P.G., 2017), which transform the educational process and teaching systems, and training at HEI (Henderson, M., Selwyn, N. & Aston, R., 2017). IT provide integration of pedagogical and technological skills of educators, obtaining continuous and coordinated technological support (Zhu, E., 2017). "The combination of teaching and information technologies is at the origin of a more embracing, flexible and accessible approach to learning" (Rolim, C. and Isaias, P., 2019).…”

Interactive methods of teaching foreign languages in higher education institutions

“…Interactive teaching methods contribute to the formation of flexible forms, formats and teaching methods (Stewart, C., Wolodko, B., 2016;Zhu, E., 2017;Rolim, C. and Isaias, P., 2019). As a result, the level of productivity and self-efficacy of students and teachers increases due to the intensification of the educational process (Benta, D., Bologa, G., Dzitac I., 2015;Moreno, V., et al, 2016).…”