Talking Technology across Divides: Online Dialogue among Education Students in Republic of Korea, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States of America

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Source of Publication

Proceedings of SITE 2009--Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference

Publication Date

3-2-2009

Abstract

This study explored how similarly or differently education students from Republic of Korea, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States of America perceived the current status of instructional technology in their countries and what they believed to be the role of teachers in the information age. Sixty eight education students from the three countries participated in weekly online discussion forums facilitated on the Blackboard course management system for six weeks. Results showed that the participants felt that their countries had progressed with respect to the use of technology in classrooms. However, most students acknowledged that socioeconomic differences led to a lack of equitable distribution of technology in their schools. Students in all three countries saw teachers as playing an important role in facilitating student knowledge of how to use technology as well as how to access and use the vast amount of information available to them through technologies.

ISBN

978-1-880094-67-9

Publisher

Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)

Volume

2009

First Page

2347

Last Page

2353

Disciplines

Education

Keywords

course management system, discussion forum

Indexed in Scopus

no

Open Access

yes

Open Access Type

Bronze: This publication is openly available on the publisher’s website but without an open license

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