Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Chapter (peer-reviewed)
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Chapter (peer-reviewed)
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Teachers’ use of learning technology in a South Asian context
AU - Shah, Uzair
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - For many teachers, the transition from face-to-face teaching to online learning environments is not always a seamless process. With ‘one foot in the virtual and another in the real’, I wonder if this transition could be made smoother through a better understanding of teachers’ experiences of using learning technology within their ‘conventional’ pedagogical practices. While some studies have investigated teachers’ use of learning technology in western contexts, little valuable research is available on this phenomenon within less developed contexts. This phenomenographic research aims to explore the variations in teachers’ understandings of using learning technology in the relatively unexplored context of a South Asian, Pakistani public university. It identifies five different conceptions of using learning technology within pedagogical practices. The retaining attention and omnipotential conceptions have not been reported before. It is argued that the relatively sophisticated omnipotential conception may contribute towards a smoother transition to networked learning environments. This research also illuminates the messy contextual realities that influence teachers’ use of learning technology and their pedagogical practices.
AB - For many teachers, the transition from face-to-face teaching to online learning environments is not always a seamless process. With ‘one foot in the virtual and another in the real’, I wonder if this transition could be made smoother through a better understanding of teachers’ experiences of using learning technology within their ‘conventional’ pedagogical practices. While some studies have investigated teachers’ use of learning technology in western contexts, little valuable research is available on this phenomenon within less developed contexts. This phenomenographic research aims to explore the variations in teachers’ understandings of using learning technology in the relatively unexplored context of a South Asian, Pakistani public university. It identifies five different conceptions of using learning technology within pedagogical practices. The retaining attention and omnipotential conceptions have not been reported before. It is argued that the relatively sophisticated omnipotential conception may contribute towards a smoother transition to networked learning environments. This research also illuminates the messy contextual realities that influence teachers’ use of learning technology and their pedagogical practices.
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-01940-6_5
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-01940-6_5
M3 - Chapter (peer-reviewed)
SN - 9783319019390
T3 - Research in Networked Learning
SP - 87
EP - 105
BT - The design, experience and practice of networked learning research in networked learning
A2 - Hodgson, Vivien
A2 - De Laat, Maarten
A2 - McConnell, David
A2 - Ryberg, Thomas
PB - Springer
CY - Berlin
ER -