Share Paper: Qualitative Study: Why Technology is Underutilized in K-12 Education

  1. Vicky Mosley, Johns Hopkins U/School of Engineering for Professionals and Capella University PhD Student, United States
Wednesday, March 27 10:45 AM-11:15 AM Salon 817

Abstract: Educators, researchers, and the government speculate that technology can reform education and contribute to increased student learning. Despite extensive efforts to equip the K-12 schools with technology, the challenge is more than just getting technology into classrooms; it is getting teachers to use the technologies. The goal of this qualitative, multi-case study was to identify factors that influence teachers’ decisions to accept and use technology in K-12 education. The Technology Acceptance Model (TAM3) was used as the framework for the study, applied to the education setting. The study was designed to increase the understanding of these factors in order to ...