Technology-Enhanced Learning and Teaching: Present and Future

A special issue of Education Sciences (ISSN 2227-7102).

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Dear Colleagues,

The surge in the proliferation of technology-enhanced learning and teaching has provided researchers, teachers, students, instructional designers, and policy makers with rich opportunities to improve teaching and learning. The global COVID‐19 pandemic has further accelerated the use of technology-enhanced learning in an unprecedented way. This Special Issue of Education Sciences will focus on the impact of technology-enhanced learning and teaching on society.

We invite authors to submit high-quality papers containing original research results or survey articles in, but not limited to, the following fields:

  • The design of technology-enhanced learning systems and environments;
  • The integration of emerging technologies, such as social media, web-based tools, augmented and virtual reality as well as games in teaching and learning;
  • Teachers’ readiness to use emerging technologies in classrooms;
  • Theoretical frameworks and/or practical strategies on how technology can be used to enhance teaching and learning;
  • The best practices for online teaching and learning;
  • The assessment of educational technology;
  • Psychological, social, and cultural impacts of technology in education;
  • Digital citizenship: Concept, practices, and assessment;
  • Methods used in technology-enhanced learning systems (e.g., AI in education);
  • Learning analytics and educational data mining;
  • Adaptivity and personalization in education.

You may choose our Joint Special Issue in Sustainability.

Prof. Dr. Danial Hooshyar
Prof. Dr. Michael D. Kickmeier-Rust
Dr. Nour El Mawas
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Keywords

  • technology-enhanced learning
  • classroom
  • systems
  • environments
  • emerging technologies
  • teaching and learning
  • impacts of technology in education

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Predicting the Intention to Use Technology in Education among Student Teachers: A Path Analysis
by Piret Luik and Merle Taimalu
Educ. Sci. 2021, 11(9), 564; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/educsci11090564 - 21 Sep 2021
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Abstract
Teacher education must provide the knowledge and skills necessary for technology integration, but also influence attitudes and beliefs. Little research has been conducted on how knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes predict teachers’ intentions to use technology. The aim of this study was to identify [...] Read more.
Teacher education must provide the knowledge and skills necessary for technology integration, but also influence attitudes and beliefs. Little research has been conducted on how knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes predict teachers’ intentions to use technology. The aim of this study was to identify how perceived knowledge about technology integration, and beliefs and attitudes towards using technology, impact the intention to use technology among student teachers. The sample consisted of 232 student teachers from the University of Tartu. Data were collected using a questionnaire based on elements of two different models. Validating the technology acceptance scale using a confirmatory factor analysis identified that perceived usefulness was split into two constructs: perceived usefulness for students and perceived usefulness for teachers. Path analysis, as a special type of structural equation modelling, was used to test 11 hypotheses. The results showed that both perceived ease of use and attitude to use have direct effects on intention to use. Still, perceived usefulness for teachers and perceived knowledge displayed an indirect influence. Based on these results, it is important that student teachers should be convinced that technology is easy to use in teaching. Full article
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