Role of Digital Technology in Teaching-Learning Process
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science - Year 2018, Vol 23, Issue 1
Abstract
Digital technology has brought significant changes in the progression of society. The paradigm shift in education requires the modern teacher to play a role of digital networkers to bring creativity within students as change enablers by using smart tools. Real time use of smart classrooms and magnetic induction enabled board can generate technology powered knowledge exchange which can settled long in students’ mind in the upliftment of teaching learning methodology. The availability of newer technology in digital era demands to improve the performances of all stakeholders of knowledge sharing in a seamless way. Teacher educator has to ensure safety, environment protection and sustainable management. The present paper highlights the issues and challenges related to digital use in teaching and learning which can be driving force in overcoming the obstacles and become successful technology users. To analyze the teachers’ perception of the challenges faced in using digital tools in classrooms, a quantitative research design has been used to collect the data from the teacher educators from the state of Jharkhand. The questionnaire has been administered on male and female teachers from the key issues and challenges found to be significant in using the digital tools were: limited accessibility and network connection, limited technical support, lack of effective training, limited time and lack of teachers’ competency. The result shows there is a significant difference in the use of digital tools by male teachers is higher than female teachers. The outcome of this research provides proper information and recommendation to those responsible for integrating the new technologies into the teaching and learning process. The result suggests that, growing up with technology, digital natives as B.Ed. teachers are savvy with basic and socialcommunication technologies. However, their technology proficiency is limited by both narrow scope and insufficient technology driven activities.
Authors and Affiliations
Kiran Srivastava, Soumen Dey
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