Technology Integration in Postsecondary Education: A Summary of Findings of a Series of Meta-Analytical Research

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Source of Publication

Proceedings of EdMedia 2015--World Conference on Educational Media and Technology

Publication Date

6-22-2015

Abstract

Although the overall research literature on the application of educational technologies to classroom instruction tends to favor their use over their non-use these results vary considerably depending on what kind of technology is used, who it is used with and, more importantly, under what circumstances and for what instructional purposes it is used. This meta-analysis summarizes data from 674 independent primary studies that compared higher degrees of technology use in the experimental with technology-leaner control conditions in terms of their effects on student learning outcomes in postsecondary education. We found an overall average weighted effect size of g+ = 0.27 (k = 879, p < .01), indicating low but significant positive effect of technology integration on learning. The follow-up analyses revealed significant influence of educational technology used for cognitive support blended learning instructional settings designed interaction treatments, and technology integration in teacher

ISBN

978-1-939797-16-2

Publisher

Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)

Volume

2015

First Page

1764

Last Page

1774

Disciplines

Education

Keywords

Integration

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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