Impact on Social Change: Benefits and Barriers to School Culture and the Integration of M-Technology
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Title
Impact on Social Change: Benefits and Barriers to School Culture and the Integration of M-Technology
Subject
education
mobile technology
handhelds
global connections
Description
This paper examines benefits and barriers of m-technology in its growing use in education through a survey conducted at a Canadian teacher education institution (n=350). Topics included are the types of mobile technology devices and how their uses have been rejected and accepted as a socially-situated construct for learning in schools. Issues for new teachers range from the dollar cost of using the devices to the cost of time in learning about these devices. The paper concludes with a central issue of why some devices do not remain in the social construct but are adopted for short periods of time and do not last because barriers prevent their sustainability. The research for this paper was supported in part by a grant from the Imperial Oil Academy for the Learning of Mathematics, Science and Technology.
Creator
Smith, Karen E.
Cap, Orest
Source
International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM); Vol. 2 No. 1 (2008)
1865-7923
Publisher
International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE), Vienna, Austria
Date
2007-12-19
Rights
Copyright (c) 2017 Karen E. Smith, Orest Cap
Relation
Format
application/pdf
Language
eng
Type
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
Identifier
Citation
Karen Smith E. and Orest Cap, Impact on Social Change: Benefits and Barriers to School Culture and the Integration of M-Technology, International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE), Vienna, Austria, 2007, accessed November 6, 2024, https://igi.indrastra.com/items/show/835