The Impact of Digital Technology on Female Students' Learning Experience in Partition-Rooms: Conditioned by Social Context

Autor/inn/en	Elhussein, Mariam A.; Dustegor, Dilek; Nagy, Naya; Alghamdi, Amani K. Hamdan
Titel	The Impact of Digital Technology on Female Students' Learning Experience in Partition-Rooms: Conditioned by Social Context
Quelle	In: IEEE Transactions on Education, 61 (2018) 4, S.265-273 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Elhussein, Mariam A.) ORCID (Dustegor, Dilek) ORCID (Nagy, Naya) ORCID (Alghamdi, Amani K. Hamdan)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-9359
DOI	10.1109/TE.2018.2840501
Schlagwörter	Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education; Females; Teacher Student Relationship; Telecommunications; Handheld Devices; Laptop Computers; Communication Strategies; Classroom Environment; Self Efficacy; Cultural Influences; Undergraduate Students; Islam; Foreign Countries; Interaction; Grade Point Average; Student Satisfaction; Student Attitudes; Saudi Arabia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Unterrichtsmedien; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Weibliches Geschlecht; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Telekommunikationstechnik; Laptop computer; Laptop; Computer; Digitalrechner; Kommunikationsstrategie; Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Ausland; Interaktion; Schülerverhalten; Saudi-Arabien
Abstract	Contribution: As expected, a partition-room environment negatively affects students' learning. An unexpected result of this study is that female students occasionally choose not to use the technology available in partition-rooms, to avoid undesirable facial exposure. Background: The main purpose of partition-rooms is to prevent male instructors from seeing female students' faces. In learning environments where instructors and students are physically separated, technology is expected to play an integral role in bridging the gap. In one side of partition-rooms, female students use their own mobile devices, such as laptops, tablets and mobile phones, for course activities and communication; in the other side, the instructor has various digital teaching equipment provided by the institution. Research Question: What effect does a partition-room's physical environment have on female students' academic performance, satisfaction, technology efficacy, and perceived learning? What effect does a partition-room's social environment have on female students' academic performance, satisfaction, technology efficacy, and perceived learning? Methodology: Both quantitative and qualitative approaches were followed. Quantitative results were obtained from a student questionnaire. Qualitative data was gathered in a focus group session. Findings: The communication benefits offered by technology are impaired by both the physical context and the cultural-social context. The latter emerged during focus group discussions where students said that their faces might by revealed in the light emitted by their devices. Thus, local culture and social context limit the benefits of using digital technology in the classroom. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01