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Use of ICT and Student Learning in Higher Education: Challenges and Responses

Use of ICT and Student Learning in Higher Education: Challenges and Responses

Rodney Arambewela, Dilanthi Koralagama, Shyamali Kaluarachchi
Copyright: © 2012 |Volume: 2 |Issue: 2 |Pages: 13
ISSN: 2156-1796|EISSN: 2156-1788|EISBN13: 9781466613904|DOI: 10.4018/ijpop.2012070103
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Arambewela, Rodney, et al. "Use of ICT and Student Learning in Higher Education: Challenges and Responses." IJPOP vol.2, no.2 2012: pp.37-49. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijpop.2012070103

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Arambewela, R., Koralagama, D., & Kaluarachchi, S. (2012). Use of ICT and Student Learning in Higher Education: Challenges and Responses. International Journal of People-Oriented Programming (IJPOP), 2(2), 37-49. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijpop.2012070103

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Arambewela, Rodney, Dilanthi Koralagama, and Shyamali Kaluarachchi. "Use of ICT and Student Learning in Higher Education: Challenges and Responses," International Journal of People-Oriented Programming (IJPOP) 2, no.2: 37-49. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijpop.2012070103

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Abstract

The use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in Higher Education (HE) and the capabilities of the internet have added value to university teaching and learning. It has also tested the resolve of universities to maximise the benefits of technology integration amidst increasing class sizes, student expectations, cultural diversity and mobility of students. Understanding how students learn and devising appropriate student centred instruction and learning are considered essential to the successful implementation of ICT and allied technologies in teaching and learning. Supported by the findings of an empirical study conducted in an Australian university on student learning orientations and perceptions of course delivery, this article discusses the challenges faced by universities in the integration of technology in teaching for better learning outcomes. The study indicates that technology and learning contexts have a profound influence on student learning orientations of deep or surface learning and students seem to have mixed feelings about the impact of technology in teaching and learning.

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