DIGITAL LIBRARY
TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS IN THE DISRUPTIVE USE OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGY
Universidad Politecnica Salesiana (ECUADOR)
About this paper:
Appears in: EDULEARN21 Proceedings
Publication year: 2021
Pages: 710-717
ISBN: 978-84-09-31267-2
ISSN: 2340-1117
doi: 10.21125/edulearn.2021.0197
Conference name: 13th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies
Dates: 5-6 July, 2021
Location: Online Conference
Abstract:
The influence of technology is increasingly positive and important in the educational environment, for this reason the acquisition of digital skills by teachers is essential. Empowering teachers with new technological tools knowledge that help their work will allow them to be more efficient in the activities that the educational process contains. This article analyzes teachers perceptions about the use of emerging technological tools for their disruptive use in the classroom. For the development of this work, a descriptive cross-sectional design research is used and a Lickert scale questionnaire is applied before and after the training provided, which included various emerging tools. As a result, it was found that according to the teachers' criteria, these technologies increase teaching and learning process effectiveness, in addition to improving time management in educational tasks such as planning, management, evaluation and control, they favor interrelation with parents of family, the face-to-face work, the reinforcement and accompaniment of the teacher, as well as it allows to captivate the students in the teaching and learning procedure.
Keywords:
ICT, emerging technologies, disruptive use, Google Classroom.