Session Information
ERG SES H 11, Technology
Parallel Paper Session
Contribution
INTRODUCTION
There are a number of key factors influencing teachers’ integration of technology into instruction, such as their attitudes toward teaching and learning (Cuban, 2001), their beliefs about instructional process (Ertmer, 1999). Furthermore, such factors as lack of time, lack of equipment, lack of training were defined by Beggs (2000) and Newhouse (1999) as barriers to technology integration.
Regarding the integration of technology into education there exist many studies about the situation in developed countries but, almost no studies from Former Soviet Union Countries.
This research was conducted in Kyrgyzstan-Turkey Manas University located in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Manas University considered as young university with about 3500 students and 200 full-time instructors; it was opened in 1995 jointly by governments of Kyrgyzstan and Turkey (Manas University students’ statistics, 2010). Within good technological base in comparison with other governmental universities in Kyrgyzstan, no study was conducted to identify how technology is used by instructors and students, and what are the expectation of students and instructors regarding use of technology during instruction.
The objective of this study is to help the administration and instructors to integrate technology more effective into instruction by considering students’ expectations, and perceptions on ICT usage during instruction. The main research questions that guided this study are presented below: 1. What is the students’ level of ICT use? 2. What is the students’ expectations regarding instructors’ use of ICT?
Method
Expected Outcomes
References
1. Cuban, L. (2001). Oversold and underused: Computer in the classroom. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press 2. Ertmer, P. (1999). Addressing first-and second-order barriers to change: strategies for technology integration. Educational Technology Research and Development, 47 (4), 47-61. 3. Beggs, T. A. (2000). Influences and barriers to the adoption of instructional technology. Retrieved November 24, 2009 from www.mtsu.edu/%7Eitconf/proceed00/beggs/beggs.htm 4. Newhouse, P. (1999). Examining how teachers adjust to the availability of portable computers. Australian Journal of Educational Technology, 15(2), 148-166. Retrieved December 06, 2009 from www.ascilite.org.au/ajet/ajet15/newhouse.html 5. Computer Center (2009), Manas University, August 2009 6. Tinmaz, H. (2004), An assessment of preservise teachers’ technology perception in relation to their subject area, Middle East Technical University
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