Teachers' Belief and Perspective on Smart Learning in South Korea

• In Event: Sheraton Roundtable Session 5
  In Roundtable Session: Science Instructors' Technology Use

Abstract

This study will be focused on examine teachers’ perceptions about technology’s effectiveness for supporting student learning. In classrooms around the country, smart devices and social networking systems are becoming more common. Thus, there is a need for public schools to make changes in aspects of their operation systems and instructional methods. Teacher competence may be a factor that presents a critical issue for successfully implementing smart learning. The prior studies about teachers’ technology issue supported that teachers’ positive perceptions are linked to the successful use of smart learning. Investigating teachers’ perceptions of the effectiveness of smart learning is a meaningful process to explore the variables that may be associated with teachers’ use of smart learning.

Authors

• CheYeon Ha, Florida State University

• SooYoung Lee, Seoul National University of Education