Teachers’ Change Readiness for the Adoption of Smartphone Technology: Personal Concerns and Technological Competency

Al-Furaih, Suad Abdul Aziz; Al-Awidi, Hamed Mubarak

doi:10.1007/s10758-018-9396-6

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“…Callaghan (2018) further suggested that utilizing mobile technologies in the classroom will vary based on available resources and training of educators. Al-Furaih and Al-Awidi (2020) concurred, suggesting that teachers’ views around adopting smartphones for classroom use vary by teaching experience and curricular area. Although early adoption of new technologies can come with challenges, educators should not shy away from employing innovative learning techniques that can engage this generation’s digital natives.…”

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Flip It or Click It: Equivalent Learning of Vocabulary From Paper, Laptop, and Smartphone Flashcards

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Piazzini

Downey

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Journal of Educational Technology Systems

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Students frequently utilize digital devices and applications to assist studying. Past research has yielded mixed results on their effectiveness, and scant research has compared portable technologies with each other or focused on smartphones specifically. We compared college students’ learning of vocabulary on paper, laptop, and smartphone. Students were randomly assigned to one platform for reviewing vocabulary flashcards, and then they completed a memory quiz and answered questions regarding perceptions of these technologies. Results showed equivalency in students’ learning across platforms, with the only exception being that students spent longer reviewing paper flashcards. Self-reported cognitive load and satisfaction were equal across platforms. Quantitative and qualitative data also suggested that, though students quickly label both laptops and smartphones as helpful for education, they see more educational value in laptops. This research suggests that smartphones present new ways of learning, but care must be taken with how smartphones are utilized in educational settings.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Flip It or Click It: Equivalent Learning of Vocabulary From Paper, Laptop, and Smartphone Flashcards

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Piazzini

Downey

et al. 2020

Journal of Educational Technology Systems

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“…Research (e.g. Al-Furaih and Al-Awidi, 2018; Al-Rawajfih et al, 2010; Cetinkaya, 2012; Hao and Lee, 2017) informs about the importance of teachers’ concerns in implementing school-level interventions.…”

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Head teachers’ change facilitation styles and teachers’ concerns about ICT integration

Jogezai

Ismail

Baloch

2020

Management in Education

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The study aimed to identify the influence of head teachers’ change facilitator styles (CFS) on teachers’ concerns about ICT integration. The three CFS (responder, manager and initiator) were studied in relation to its influence on teachers’ seven stages of concern (unconcerned, informational, personal, management, consequence, collaboration and refocusing) about ICT integration. Both styles and concerns are embodied in the concerns-based adoption model, which guided the theoretical framework of the study. This quantitative study used CFS and stages of concerns questionnaire to collect data from 276 secondary school teachers. Initially, teachers’ concerns were explored, followed by head teachers’ CFS and their influence on teachers’ concerns about ICT integration. The results showed that secondary school teachers’ concerns, regarding ICT integration, were at the initial stages as reflected by their high mean scores on personal and informational stages. Findings inform about the responder as a dominant CFS used by secondary school head teachers. The data suggest differences in terms of the influence of head teachers’ three CFS on teachers’ concerns about ICT integration.

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“…Understanding teachers' perception is not merely looking at what teachers think about something, but it is one of the ways to find out their readiness toward implementation of particular teaching strategies or method (Al-Furaih & Al-Awidi, 2018). Since teachers nowadays are considered as 'digital immigrant' who were not born into digital era but have adopted many aspect of the technologies in their life (Prensky, 2001), understanding their perceptions on the use of digital media as authentic materials will show their readiness in implementing current technology into their classrooms.…”

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“…Pedagogical challenges for both teacher and students cannot be neglected since the implementation of technology in the classroom also depends on the teachers' technological and pedagogical competencies (Al-Furaih & Al-Awidi, 2018).…”

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Investigating digitized authentic materials: Pre-service teachers� voice

Purwaningrum

Yusuf

2020

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Over past few decades, research on authentic materials has been focused on helping teachers provide their learners� teaching materials. Most of the researches in this area explore the benefits and drawbacks of authentic materials utilization in the classroom. This multiple case study aims at investigating benefits of and barriers in using authentic materials presented as a digital media used in their EFL classrooms. Document and an interview were employed to reveal the teachers� perception. The findings indicate although it was considered difficult to find and organize, digitized authentic materials helped teachers in teaching English as a Foreign Language for learners with various levels and backgrounds. Its use could help teachers motivate and promote their students� interest in learning. However, disselection and misuse of it might not meet students� needs and interest in learning. Good teachers� capacity in finding and using the digitized authentic materials could encourage better learning process and students� better learning achievement. Therefore, it is recommended that for the further study, learners� perception also need to be explored.

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Teachers’ Change Readiness for the Adoption of Smartphone Technology: Personal Concerns and Technological Competency

Cited by 24 publications

References 29 publications

Flip It or Click It: Equivalent Learning of Vocabulary From Paper, Laptop, and Smartphone Flashcards

Flip It or Click It: Equivalent Learning of Vocabulary From Paper, Laptop, and Smartphone Flashcards

Head teachers’ change facilitation styles and teachers’ concerns about ICT integration

Investigating digitized authentic materials: Pre-service teachers� voice

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