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Dhillon, Sundeep and Murray, Neil (2021) An investigation of EAP teachers’ views and experiences of e-learning technology. Education Sciences, 11 (2). 54. doi:10.3390/educsci11020054 ISSN 2227-7102.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/educsci11020054
Abstract
The near universal use of electronic learning (e-learning) in higher education (HE) today requires that students and teachers are equipped with the requisite digital literacy skills. The small-scale pilot study we report on here explored the views and experiences of EAP (English for Academic Purposes) teachers regarding their development of digital literacy skills, their application of e-learning technology in their teaching, and their perceptions of its value as a learning tool—areas on which there has been little research to date. A convergent parallel mixed methods approach was adopted, in which a survey was administered to the research participants and a follow-up focus group conducted. The data were analysed, with findings revealing that the EAP practitioners surveyed utilised a range of online tools such as video, plagiarism software and corpus linguistics tools. A number of benefits and limitations associated with e-learning were cited by participants, including increased student engagement and motivation, the development of learner autonomy, and the cultural capital it represented in respect of students’ future careers. Meanwhile, the limitations identified included a lack of time for teachers to develop digital literacy and insufficient pre- and in-service training opportunities focused on the effective use of digital technologies and managing technical issues. We conclude with a series of recommendations to facilitate EAP teachers’ development and use of e-learning in their practice.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education P Language and Literature > PE English Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Electronic computers. Computer science. Computer software |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | English language -- Study and teaching (Higher) , Teaching -- Computer-assisted instruction, English language -- Computer-assisted instruction, Educational technology , Computer literacy, Language teachers -- Training of | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Education Sciences | ||||||
Publisher: | M D P I AG | ||||||
ISSN: | 2227-7102 | ||||||
Official Date: | 1 February 2021 | ||||||
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Volume: | 11 | ||||||
Number: | 2 | ||||||
Article Number: | 54 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.3390/educsci11020054 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 2 February 2021 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 2 February 2021 |
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