Abstract
Technological pedagogy is being relied upon more-and-more as a way to address the growing needs of higher education. This study investigated the use of a tool designed with the specific purpose of student engagement in a large classroom. The tool allows students to post to a community based discussion in a manner similar to a Twitter feed. Despite engaging in a community dialogue, findings suggest that as usage of the technology went up a student’s sense of community learning went down. This result prompted the authors to consider how this tool was utilized in the classroom. We close with a warning that adoption of a novel technology alone does not produce a greater sense of community learning.
Keywords
TECHNOLOGY; LEARNING COMMUNITY; ENGAGEMENT; LEARNING OUTCOMES
Date of this Version
6-2014
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.14434/jotlt.v3n1.4720
Recommended Citation
Morris, R.C. & Parker, L.C. (2014). Examining the Connection between Classroom Technology and Student Engagement. Journal of Teaching and Learning with Technology 3(1), 1-15.
Included in
Educational Methods Commons, Political Science Commons, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Commons
Comments
Copyright 2012 by The Trustees of Indiana University. Reproduced with permission from the Journal of Teaching and Learning with Technology (JoTLT).