Inquiry of pre-service teachers’ concern about integrating Web 2.0 into instruction

Teachers’ Opinions on the Use of Personal Learning Environments for Intercultural Competence

“…In addition, it is important to take into account that knowing is not the same as doing [70] in the application of PLE. This aspect, which also reflects on some of the teachers' opinions and coincides with the results of other investigations [68,70], affirms that the theoretical aspects of the PLE are known, but they do not feel motivated or prepared to apply them in their classrooms, and even less so to use them in the education of the students' intercultural competences. Taking into account what was mentioned earlier, Spanish legislation leaves it up to the interest of the teacher to apply intercultural education in the everyday dynamic of their classrooms [27].…”

“…Nevertheless, some of these teachers admit they do not use PLE, or do so inappropriately in their classrooms, and, in accordance with previous studies [37,38,67,68], without sufficient training to use them. In this situation, it is necessary to train the teaching staff for them to integrate the PLE into the everyday dynamic of their classroom, preparing them for the appropriate use of strategies and techniques [69,70].…”

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“…Darling-Hammond (2017) discussed teacher preparation in a 21st-century curriculum based on collaboration and interactive computer technology for meaningful learning. In teacher education and education studies, group work and collaboration with peers are essential when preparing them for technology integration in teaching (Hao & Lee, 2017: Hattie, 2009Tondeur et al, 2016), as well as providing opportunities for engagement and reflection (Tondeur et al, 2016).…”

“…Beliefs are regarded as the most influential internal factors of behavior (Ertmer et al, 2012), influencing, in the case of educational behavior, the probability of pedagogical change (Hao & Lee, 2017). Sang et al (2010) established that attitudes toward technology in education among student teachers are the strongest predictor of future use.…”

“…In a series of recent reports on the essential learning technologies, noted educational consultant Donald Taylor (2017) twice (in 2015 and 2017) ranked collaborative and social learning at the top of his lists. Research in teacher education also has shown collaboration as an essential strategy in technology adoption (Hao & Lee, 2017;Hattie, 2009;Tondeur, van Braak, Siddiq, & Scherer, 2016).…”