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    The evolving perception of technology : an experienced English instructor integrates technology for second language learners

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    Author/Creator
    Handa, Junko
    Date
    2012-04-12
    2006-12
    Type of Work
    application/pdf
    ix, 206 pages
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    dissertations
    Department
    Towson University. Department of Educational Technology and Literacy
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    Copyright protected, all rights reserved.
    There are no restrictions on access to this document. An internet release form signed by the author to display this document online is on file with Towson University Special Collections and Archives.
    Subjects
    Educational technology
    English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers
    Abstract
    This qualitative case study investigated the perceptions and challenges an experienced college English instructor faced in the transformation of learning environments as his use of technology evolved. This one-year research project, involving international students as participants, evaluated the instructor's adoption of technology using Levels of Use of the Innovation (LoU) (Hall, Loucks, Rutherford, and Newlove, 1975). The data were collected through interviews with the instructor and students, e-mail correspondence, transcriptions of discussion board threads, students' papers, and the researcher's logs as a technology mentor. The data were analyzed using N6 Software and other inductive methods. The instructor's decision-making was mapped over time. Findings revealed gradual, though not linear, open-mindedness and integration of technology as a result of skill-building, direct contact with technology, time to reflect, recognition of positive student outcomes, and mentoring. The type of mentoring was significant, as was the professor as an agent of his own changing pedagogy.


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    Towson University
    8000 York Road
    Towson, Maryland 21252

    Website:
    www.towson.edu

    Contact Info:
    azukowski@towson.edu
    410-704-5318
    http://libraries.towson.edu/md-soar


    If you wish to submit a copyright complaint or withdrawal request, please email mdsoar-help@umd.edu.