Exploring ICT Integration as a Tool to Engage Young People at a Flexible Learning Centre

Wilson, Kimberley; Boldeman, Suzi Ursula

doi:10.1007/s10956-011-9355-7

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“…This has enabled a gamification of learning materials to facilitate student engagement for behavioural, emotional, and cognitive aspects of the ICT-rich learning environments. Wilson and Boldeman [31] point out the importance of ICT integration to improve the student engagement by creating dynamic and realistic scenarios regarding the studied topics. They have indicated the use of Web 2.0 technologies, mobile applications, iPads, and YouTube as powerful tools to increase the student engagement.…”

Section: A Student Engagementmentioning

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Determination of Factors Influencing Student Engagement Using a Learning Management System in a Tertiary Setting

Barua

Zhou

Gururajan

et al. 2018

2018 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence (WI)

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Determining the key factors that affect student engagement will assist academics to improve the student motivation. The Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT) reports have shown low engagement levels in higher education students [21, 22, 23]. While factors such as online education, lack of attendance and poor design of course content have been attributed to this cause, it is still not clear as to the determination of those factors influencing student engagement in a higher education setting. In the modern tertiary settings, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) plays an essential role in disseminating the course related information with a Learning Management System (LMS) which become the platform to communicate crucial course-related information. Academics can develop course materials on these LMS' to engage students beyond the classrooms and students need to interact with those LMS' to get apprehend the transmitted knowledge. Since LMS' are operated on a computer platform, academics and students require strong ICT skills which are further utilized in preparation of course materials. Their relevance, appropriateness, the way various tasks are prepared, how communication is facilitated, the role and utilization of discussion forums and other social media structures available to students to interact with, and the way in which assessments are conducted, providing a Just in Time (JIT) type of knowledge students require. The investigation into these major factors forms the basis of this study. Thus, understanding how various factors related to LMS' in a tertiary setting influence student engagement and then determining those factors that contribute to this engagement are the main objective of this study. To pursue the main objective of this study, a hybrid method mainly involving a pseudo meta-analysis to unearth additional evidence required for the study, a comprehensive qualitative component to understand the sector factors and perhaps a small quantitative component to confirm the sector views will be employed.

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Section: A Student Engagementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Determination of Factors Influencing Student Engagement Using a Learning Management System in a Tertiary Setting

Barua

Zhou

Gururajan

et al. 2018

2018 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence (WI)

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“…Johnston et al (2013) also found that Facebook and Twitter were two social computing systems that have become increasingly popular among university students in Cape Town, South Africa and that Facebook was a more popular method for communication among the students. Supporting this claim is Wilson and Boldeman (2011), who posited that youths are ICT natives and prolific users of technologies. Our results, therefore, establish the fact that youths, especially students of higher institutions are prolific users of social media.…”

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“…Abodunrin, 2017;Ahmad et al, 2019;Draškovic et al, 2017;Fasae and Adegbilero-Iwari, 2016;Jamil (2018), Mahmud and Amin (2017) and Williams and Adesope, 2017), who have found that youths, especially students of higher institutions, are innovators, early adopters, as well as early majority adopters and users of social media for various activities. No wonder Wilson and Boldeman (2011), as well as Adaja and Ayodele (2013), describe youths as ICT natives and prolific users of social media. This assertion was corroborated by Nche (2012: 19), who states that "in the manner of a wildfire in harmattan, the phenomenon of social media (networking) has spread to all nooks and crannies of Nigeria, engulfing a large number of her youths and that social media usage has become so common among the youths, that it has become unfashionable for youths not to engage in at least one of the social networking sites."…”

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Use of Social Media for Political Participation by Youths

Omotayo

Folorunso

2020

JeDEM

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This study investigated use of social media for political participation among youths in Oyo state, Nigeria; specifically, the types of social media used for political participation, the types of political activities social media are used for, as well as factors influencing use of the media for political participation. Survey research design was adopted for the study. Data was collected through questionnaire from 322 youths in three Nigerian universities. Findings reveal that social media was highly used by the youths for political participation. Facebook (98.8%) was found to be the most used, followed by Whatsapp (93.8%), Instagram (60.2%), Twitter (55.3%), and Yahoo Messenger (50.9%) respectively. Majorly, the youths used social media to participate in political advocacy (95.3%), political campaigns (91.9%), communicating with politicians (90.7%), political discussions (87.3%), monitoring and reporting electoral malpractices (85.1%), public consultations (80.4%), joining interest groups that engage in lobbying (64.9%), blogging about political issues (64.9%), and writing letters to public officials (51.2%). Perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, subjective norms, and computer self-efficacy significantly influence use of social media for political participation, which suggests that these factors could be considered when promoting use of social media for political participation among youths. Given the growing popularity and penetration of social media and the way they influence peoples’ lives, the empirical findings of this study add to understanding how and why social media use will function in motivating citizens to be involved in political activities.

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“…In addition, using the iPad is easy so teachers do not need to go through a steep learning curve to develop their technology abilities (Manuguerra and Petocz, 2011). There are alternative modes of presenting learning material using the iPad through video and audio, which are beneficial for students especially the ones with learning challenges (Wilson and Boldeman, 2012). In a study by Mayfield et al (2013), using the iPad is found to enhance student's active engagement in an anatomy dissection course through enabling students to locate the needed resources and clarifications in a manual on their iPads.…”

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Stakeholders' perceptions of integrating mobile devices in teaching and learning

Al-Harthi

Al-Hosni

2020

IJMLO

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The purpose of this study is to investigate the potential impact of using iPads in teaching and learning and to capture stakeholders' perceptions of using iPads in an international school in the Middle East. The study uses a case study methodology and collects both quantitative and qualitative data. The results show that all stakeholders reported positive perceptions about using the iPad. IPad use may have increased students' chances to communicate and ask for help from peers. Teachers reported they still need more help to plan for using iPads in their teaching. Some parents felt alienated from the types of learning their children used the iPad for. The qualitative results explain the stakeholders' experience in terms of technology access, ownership, integration, connectivity and institutional support. Based on the study results, specific recommendations are provided to improve integrating mobile technology in schools.

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Exploring ICT Integration as a Tool to Engage Young People at a Flexible Learning Centre

Cited by 15 publications

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Determination of Factors Influencing Student Engagement Using a Learning Management System in a Tertiary Setting

Determination of Factors Influencing Student Engagement Using a Learning Management System in a Tertiary Setting

Use of Social Media for Political Participation by Youths

Stakeholders' perceptions of integrating mobile devices in teaching and learning

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