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STUDENTS’ STUDENTS’ READINESS AND USE READINESS AND USE OF ICTOF ICT

20TH MELTA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2011

INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION


Their world….Their world….



• Tinio (2002) :ICT as potentially powerful enabling tools for education change and reform

• Tools to motivate the process of T & L to be more interesting & meaningful (Radlow, 1986; Ely, 1997).

What is ICT in Education?What is ICT in Education?

• The usage of ICT enhance T & L to be more appealing (Tinio, 2002; Mohd Arif, 2004; Kenning, 2007).

• The usage of ICT as a mean to engage with technology (Hung and Khine 2006, p.9) .


What is ICT in Education?What is ICT in Education?


ICT in EducationICT in Education

• Yet, no best tools can be claimed as the best solutions to cure problems occurring in education (Ely, 1997; Bingmals, 2009).


ICT in EducationICT in Education


OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDYOBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

METHODOLOGYMETHODOLOGY


• SAMPLING TECHNIQUES

• POPULATION

• SAMPLES

• INSTRUMENT

SAMPLING TECHNIQUESSAMPLING TECHNIQUES


RANDOM SAMPLING TECHNIQUE

POPULATIONPOPULATION


GRED A DAILY SCHOOLS IN NEGERI SEMBILAN

85 SECONDARY SCHOOLS

10%

6 SCHOOLS

SAMPLESSAMPLES


INSTRUMENTINSTRUMENT


QUESTIONNAIRE

Adapted (Fernandez, 1984; Fauziah

Ahmad, 2006; Chacko & Wan Roselezam, 2007;

Cavus et al., 2008)

Pilot Test:Alpha

Cronbach 0.77

Likert Scale•3 points : Yes,

No, Maybe

Actual Study:Alpha

Cronbach 0.808

Content & Face Validity

FINDINGSFINDINGS


*Analysis of demographic data of respondents

* Descriptive Analysis

What are the students’ readiness towardsWhat are the students’ readiness towards the use of ICT? the use of ICT?

hand phones owned



Type of mobile phones Owned


The model of mobile phones



Number of Phone Models Owned by students



The Activities Done Using Mobile The Activities Done Using Mobile PhonesPhones


Amount of bill willing to be spentAmount of bill willing to be spent

N %

Less than RM30 131 55.7

RM30-RM60 60 25.5

RM61-RM90 22 9.4

RM91-RM120 12 5.1

More than RM120 0 0


Readiness towards ICT for Readiness towards ICT for learninglearning


Perceptions on future use of mobile technology Perceptions on future use of mobile technology in educational contextin educational context


What are the students’ perceptions What are the students’ perceptions towards the use of ICT? towards the use of ICT?



Overall students are…Overall students are…


DiscussionDiscussion


IMPLICATIONS TO ESL IMPLICATIONS TO ESL PEDAGOGICAL APPROACHESPEDAGOGICAL APPROACHES


the teachers’ pedagogical approach which would turn the lesson to be really engaging and meaningful

lead to a “well-grounded, engaged students” who would eventually be able to step a head beyond the classroom to explore the borderless world of information



opportunity to make the teaching process be a situation which could trigger the students’ thinking, develop their potential and also promote the lifelong learning



Pierson (2001) highlights that the integration of ICT is a part which cannot be separated from a good teaching


CONCLUSIONCONCLUSION

ESL teachers should consider to blend the use of ICT in their conventional way of teaching.

This does not only help teachers to create a new learning environment, but also promote the positive aspect of ICT towards the lifelong learning endeavor


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