Open AccessTeachers and Digital Literacies
Author(s) -
Angela S. Wagner
Publication year - 2022
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Dissertations/theses
DOI - 10.18122/td/1908/boisestate
Subject(s) - variety (cybernetics) , digital literacy , technology integration , literacy , pedagogy , technological literacy , educational technology , sociology , mathematics education , engineering , multimedia , computer science , psychology , artificial intelligence
Despite the bustling technological landscape in which we live and learn, technology is still limited in its integration within classrooms. The current drive in education to promote 21st-century skills and digital literacies appears to remain relatively idle for a variety of reasons. This mixed-methods study examines the impact 1:1 technology has on digital literacies and the barriers faced by teachers with its incorporation into secondary classrooms. It explores the extent to which instructors within 1:1 environments perceive their technology integration and investigates how this indirectly impacts the acquisition of digital literacies within the classroom. By gaining more insight into how technology and digital literacy skills are integrated into 1:1 classrooms, we may gain insight into current integration practices as well as barriers to implementation, furthering literature in this area. Moreover, this research may enable educational systems to effectively align beliefs, research, and practice to support teachers in meeting newly adopted technologies and digital literacy standards.