本研究旨在探討學前教師資訊科技融入教學現況及其相關影響因素。首先瞭解學前教師資訊科技融入教學之定義、內涵與現況；其次分析不同背景變項及內外在因素對學前教師資訊科技融入教學之差異情形；第三，分析影響資訊科技融入教學因素與資訊科技融入教學之相關；最後影響學前教師資訊科技融入教學因素對學前教師資訊科技融入教學各層面之預測力。 本研究透過文獻分析，以及問卷調查法來了解資訊科技融入教學的現況，及其相關影響因素。本研究之母群體為台北縣市幼稚園、托兒所教師及園所長，採分層抽樣進行取樣，老師和園長各發出480份問卷，老師的有效問卷為51%，園長的有效問卷為58.1%。使用工具為自編「學前教師資訊科技融入教學之應用量表」、「影響學前教師資訊科技融入教學因素之量表」及「園所長對資訊科技融入教學態度之量表」，問卷回收後，使用SPSS 12.0 for windows套裝軟體進行描述性統計、信度分析、效度分析 、t考驗、單因子變異數分析、Scheffé多重比較、皮爾森積差相關、逐步多元迴歸來分析資料。本研究主要結論如下： 壹、在園所電腦基本資料分面 一、台北縣市之園所資訊設備非常普及 貳、在學前教師資訊科技融入教學方面 一、大部分的老師均有進行資訊科技融入教學 二、資訊科技融入教學的模式以「教學前準備」和「教學中活動」表現 最佳 三、資訊科技融入教學的程度以「資訊科技的初步應用」表現最佳 四、「園所屬性」、「園所位置」、「教學經驗」、「教育程度」、 「電腦課程經驗」和「研習時數」對學前教師資訊科技融入教學均 有顯著影響 參、影響資訊科技融入教學因素方面 一、「教學信念」是影響學前教師資訊科技融入教學最大的因素 二、「資訊素養」是影響學前教師資訊科技融入教學的次要因素 三、學前教師的資訊素養以「基本軟體知能」最佳 四、學前教師的資訊素養以「電腦在教學上的應用」最差 五、「園所屬性」、「園所位置」、「教育程度」、「電腦課程經驗」 和「研習時數」對影響學前教師資訊科技融入教學之因素均有顯 著影響 肆、在影響園所長對資訊科技融入教學態度方面 一、園所長對資訊科技融入教學的看法均表示認同 二、園所長願意投入資訊科技融入教學之意願高 三、「園所屬性」和「園所位置」均會對園所長資訊科技融入教學產生 顯著影響 伍、學前教師資訊科技融入教學與影響資訊科技融入教學因素兩者關係方 面 一、「影響資訊科技融入教學之內外在因素」與「學前教師資訊科技融 入教學」呈現正相關 二、「影響資訊科技融入教學之因素」對「學前教師資訊科技融入教 學」具有預測力 最後研究者根據研究結果，分別對園所長、學前教師、師資培育機構、研習機構以及後續相關研究提出建議，以期對未來資訊科技融入學前教育有所助益。 關鍵詞：學前教師、園所長、資訊科技融入教學、資訊素養 / The main purpose of this study was to:(1) Understand definition, connotation and current situation of technology integration instruction. (2) Explore technology integration instruction data between different backgrounds and influence factors. (3) Analyze the relationships between influence factors and technology integration instruction. (4) Explore the predictive power of influence factors on the part of technology integration instruction. To accomplish these purposes, the methods were adopted literature review and questionnaire, which served as the basis of this study. In questionnaire aspect, was executed public and private kindergartens and nursery schools in Taipei city and county. This research was executed by questionnaire survey. “Preschool teachers technology integration instruction questionnaire",“influence factors of technology integration instruction questionnaire”and“Principals’ attitude on technology integration instruction questionnaire”were designed from literature by myself to collect data. By means of stratified random sampling.The samples include 480 principals (effective return rate is 58.1%) and 480 teachers (effective return rate is 51%).The questionnaire data analyzed statistically by description statistics,reliability analysis, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Scheffé posteriority comparison, Person-moment correlation analysis, stepwise multiple regression analysis through the use of SPSS 12.01 for windows. The major results were summarized as follows: A.In the aspect of technology equipment a.Technology equipment in Taipei city and county are very universal. B.In the aspect of technology integration instruction a.In the main of preschool teachers are implement technology integration instruction. b.It’s usually implement technology integration instruction on “prepare of teach” and “teaching”. c.The best dimension is “technology preliminary application”. d.“Taipei city and county”, “public and private”, “teachers’ years of teaching”, “educational degree of teachers",“computer’s learning experience”and “research and study hours” have significant influences on preschool teachers implement technology integration instruction. C.In the aspect of influence factors of technology integration instruction a.The best influence factors of technology integration instruction is“Teaching-belief”. b.The second influence factors of technology integration instruction is“Information Literacy”. c.The best information literacy in preschool teachers is “basic software knowledge”. d.The worst information literacy in preschool teachers is “computer use in instruction”. e.“Taipei city and county",“public and private”, “educational degree of teachers”, “computer's learning experience"and“research and study hours” have significant influences on influence factors of technology integration instruction. D.In the aspect of principals’ attitude on technology integration instruction a.All of the principals are identification with technology integration instruction. b.The best part of principals are willing invest in technology integration instruction. c.“Taipei city and county” and “public and private” have significant influences on principals’ attitude on technology integration instruction. E.In the aspect of relationships between technology integration instruction and influence factors of technology integration instruction a.There was positive correlation existed between “influence factors of technology integration instruction” and “technology integration instruction”. b.“Influence factors of technology integration instruction” did promote“technology integration instruction”. In the last part, the researcher, based on the findings, proposes some suggestions for the principals, the preschool teachers, the teacher training institutions, the research and study institutions and the future researchers, hope to benefit accelerant technology integration instruction in preschools in the future. Key words: preschool teacher, preschool principal, technology integration instruction, information literacy

The purpose of this mixed-method study was to investigate digital native preservice teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs regarding their technology experiences and skills at the beginning and at the end of their field placement semester. Digital natives, as defined by Prensky (2001), are students born after 1980 who have been raised with digital media and spend a great deal of time engaging with digital devices. Factors that could impact changes in these participants’ technology integration self-efficacy beliefs were also analyzed. This study used pre- and post-surveys, face-to-face interviews with a portion of the respondents, and a document review of course materials and lesson plans. Twenty-one preservice students, enrolled in the second to last semester of a teacher preparation program, at a small mid Atlantic university during the fall, 2011 semester participated. The quantitative portion involved the online administration of the Technology Integration Survey at the beginning and at the conclusion of the field placement experience. For the qualitative portion, nine participants were purposefully selected for interviews in an effort to more fully understand participants’ experiences and how these experiences impacted their self-efficacy beliefs about technology integration during the semester. In order to triangulate the data, results of the quantitative phase of the study were then compared with the results from the qualitative phase of the study. The findings of this mixed-method study suggested that digital native preservice teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs to integrate technology into their teaching improved slightly over the course of the semester. In addition, a strong relationship was found between participants’ Post-Test Technology Skills scores and Post-Test Self-Efficacy scores, indicating that an increase in technology skills corresponded with an increase in self-efficacy (r = .684, p = 0.001). Qualitative results pointed to mentor support, time, and access to technology during their field placement experiences as factors for integrating technology into their instruction. Additionally, results indicated that participants had access to and spent a considerable amount of time on computers every day. They were proficient with basic technologies but reported lower proficiency with more difficult technologies. Yet, results also suggested that, while this group of digital native preservice teachers has grown up in the digital age, their practice and, more importantly, their fundamental understanding of integrating technology into their instructional practices was limited.

Nos últimos tempos, um dos aspectos da tecnologia de informação (TI) que tem recebido destaque é o da arquitetura de TI, entendida como o conjunto de políticas e escolhas técnicas de padronização e integração para viabilizar as estratégias de negócios da empresa. Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo analisar o processo de gestão e examinar as influências sobre as decisões de arquitetura de TI sob as lentes da teoria institucional e da teoria da escolha estratégica através de estudos de casos comparados. A influência institucional pode ser proveniente de uma ação externa ou de algo interno à organização, enquanto a influência estratégica está relacionada com a ação voluntária dos gestores. O caso de uma empresa de grande porte, que possui maior formalização de suas políticas, foi comparado com outra de médio porte, que está em um estágio de maturidade de arquitetura menos avançado. As duas organizações, apesar de haver diferenças em relação ao uso da arquitetura de TI, apresentaram resultados semelhantes relacionados à atuação dessas duas influências. Ambas as influências agem em conjunto, a estratégica foi a mais mencionada pelos entrevistados e a institucional apareceu pontualmente em alguns tipos de decisões. / Recently, information technology (IT) architecture has been in the spotlight as it is considered a set of policies and technical choices that reflects integration and standardization requirements for assisting enterprise business strategies. The aim of this study is to analyze its management and to examine the influences on IT architecture decisions by viewing it through the lens of institutional theory and strategic choice theory using case study methodology. Institutional influence can be the result of an external action or the output of something embedded within the formal organizational structure whereas strategic influence is related to voluntary behavior of managers. A large company with extensive internal policy formalization was compared to a midsize company with a less mature architecture level. In spite of their differences in architecture purposes, similar findings appeared in both organizations. These two types of influences act together. The strategic ones are more mentioned during interviews whereas the institutional ones appear in specific decisions types.

A Física utiliza modelos científicos para representar de maneira mais simplificada os fenômenos físicos. Um professor atuando no Ensino de Física precisa mediar o acesso a esse conhecimento. A complexidade e o nível de abstração dos modelos são obstáculos para os alunos, que o professor precisa ajudar a superar. A Realidade Aumentada (RA) é uma Tecnologia de Informação e Comunicação - TIC que permite a sobreposição e o alinhamento de objetos reais e virtuais, em um ambiente real e em tempo real. Já algum tempo o uso de atividades de aprendizagem usando RA como auxilio na compreensão de modelos científicos é investigado. Considerando o exposto, o presente trabalho buscou investigar se as escolas públicas, bem como se alunos licenciandos de Ciências possuem infraestrutura tecnológica mínima para viabilizar o uso da RA para fins didáticos. Buscamos também analisar o processo de criação ou adaptação dos objetos virtuais em 3D, empregados em RA e que simulam modelos científicos, seja por um professor típico, sem conhecimento em linguagens de programação, seja por uma equipe de especialistas, composta por professores e programadores. Analisamos ainda, por meio de uma intervenção com uso de RA, junto a alunos de um curso de licenciatura em Ciências, se essa ferramenta permite interpretar melhor os conceitos que regem um modelo científico (nessa pesquisa escolhemos utilizar o modelo de Drude para condução elétrica). Nossos resultados mostram que o uso da RA no ensino terá maior amparo tecnológico através dos dispositivos móveis (notebooks, smartphones e tablets). Em contrapartida encontramos algumas barreiras para seu uso, principalmente no que concerne a dificuldade de desenvolvimento de objetos virtuais, que coloca o professor numa condição de usuário dessa tecnologia e não como agente ativo na sua produção ou contextualização para sua sala de aula. / Physics makes use of scientific models to represent natural phenomena in a simplified way. The role of teachers in physics education is to mediate access to this kind of knowledge. The complexity and level of abstraction of the models are obstacles that students must overcome, helped by their teachers. Augmented Reality (AR) is a technology that permits the superposition of virtual objects in real space, overlaying and aligning these virtual objects in space, in real time. For some time already learning activities using AR technology are being investigated as a way to help students overcome their dificulties with scientific models. This dissertation investigates wether public schools and pre-service science teachers in Brazil have access to the technical infrastructure necessary to make use of learning activities using AR. We also analised the process of creating or customizing of the 3D virtual objects used in these learning activities, either by an individual teacher without special programing training or by a team of teachers and specialists. Finally, we used a learning activity using AR with a class of pre-service science teachers to evaluate wether its use helped students to interpret one particular scientific model (the Drude model of electrical conduction). Our results show that the use of AR for teaching is best suported through mobile platforms (notebooks, smartphones or tablets). We found some barriers to the use of AR technology, mostly with respect to the creation or adaptation of the virtual objects by individual teachers, which puts them in a role of user of the technology instead of active agents in the production, adaptation or contextualization of the technology for their classrooms.

A Física utiliza modelos científicos para representar de maneira mais simplificada os fenômenos físicos. Um professor atuando no Ensino de Física precisa mediar o acesso a esse conhecimento. A complexidade e o nível de abstração dos modelos são obstáculos para os alunos, que o professor precisa ajudar a superar. A Realidade Aumentada (RA) é uma Tecnologia de Informação e Comunicação - TIC que permite a sobreposição e o alinhamento de objetos reais e virtuais, em um ambiente real e em tempo real. Já algum tempo o uso de atividades de aprendizagem usando RA como auxilio na compreensão de modelos científicos é investigado. Considerando o exposto, o presente trabalho buscou investigar se as escolas públicas, bem como se alunos licenciandos de Ciências possuem infraestrutura tecnológica mínima para viabilizar o uso da RA para fins didáticos. Buscamos também analisar o processo de criação ou adaptação dos objetos virtuais em 3D, empregados em RA e que simulam modelos científicos, seja por um professor típico, sem conhecimento em linguagens de programação, seja por uma equipe de especialistas, composta por professores e programadores. Analisamos ainda, por meio de uma intervenção com uso de RA, junto a alunos de um curso de licenciatura em Ciências, se essa ferramenta permite interpretar melhor os conceitos que regem um modelo científico (nessa pesquisa escolhemos utilizar o modelo de Drude para condução elétrica). Nossos resultados mostram que o uso da RA no ensino terá maior amparo tecnológico através dos dispositivos móveis (notebooks, smartphones e tablets). Em contrapartida encontramos algumas barreiras para seu uso, principalmente no que concerne a dificuldade de desenvolvimento de objetos virtuais, que coloca o professor numa condição de usuário dessa tecnologia e não como agente ativo na sua produção ou contextualização para sua sala de aula. / Physics makes use of scientific models to represent natural phenomena in a simplified way. The role of teachers in physics education is to mediate access to this kind of knowledge. The complexity and level of abstraction of the models are obstacles that students must overcome, helped by their teachers. Augmented Reality (AR) is a technology that permits the superposition of virtual objects in real space, overlaying and aligning these virtual objects in space, in real time. For some time already learning activities using AR technology are being investigated as a way to help students overcome their dificulties with scientific models. This dissertation investigates wether public schools and pre-service science teachers in Brazil have access to the technical infrastructure necessary to make use of learning activities using AR. We also analised the process of creating or customizing of the 3D virtual objects used in these learning activities, either by an individual teacher without special programing training or by a team of teachers and specialists. Finally, we used a learning activity using AR with a class of pre-service science teachers to evaluate wether its use helped students to interpret one particular scientific model (the Drude model of electrical conduction). Our results show that the use of AR for teaching is best suported through mobile platforms (notebooks, smartphones or tablets). We found some barriers to the use of AR technology, mostly with respect to the creation or adaptation of the virtual objects by individual teachers, which puts them in a role of user of the technology instead of active agents in the production, adaptation or contextualization of the technology for their classrooms.

The purpose of this quantitative research study was to investigate the integration of technology in undergraduate courses by faculty at private colleges and universities. Integration of technology is using technology as an instructional tool to improve teaching and learning (Clayton-Pedersen & O’Neill, 2005; Wilson & Hayes, 2000; Woodbridge, 2004). Chickering and Gamson’s (1987) 7 principles for good practice in undergraduate education provided the theoretical framework for this research. The researcher conducted a survey of full-time faculty at 21 private colleges and universities in Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. The results of the study indicated that faculty use technology significantly to communicate high expectations to students and to support diverse talents and ways of learning. However, faculty reported that they do not use technology significantly for the other 5 principles: to support student-faculty contact, promote cooperation and reciprocity among students, promote active learning, provide prompt feedback, and promote time on task. Analysis of the data indicated that female faculty use technology significantly more than male faculty for all 7 principles. Findings regarding age indicated that faculty who are 40-59 use technology significantly more than faculty under 40 to support prompt feedback, time on task, and diverse talents and ways of learning. No significant differences existed between other age groups regarding these 3 principles. No significant differences existed between any age groups regarding use of technology to promote student-faculty contact, encourage reciprocity and cooperation, promote active learning, and communicate high expectations. The results of this study extend the current knowledge about faculty use of technology to advance good practice in undergraduate education. Additionally, the results provide information about differences in use of technology by faculty based on gender and age. These findings may inform institutional policies and practices with regard to implementing a systemic approach to teaching with technology.

This qualitative case study explored U.S. middle school teachers' professional development needs in Information, Communication, and Technology (ICT) literacy integration. Past literature has suggested that teachers should improve classroom practices that promote ICT literacy, but few studies have addressed educators' specific training needs. This study was designed to identify the unique professional development needs of academic teachers in a Midwestern middle school using focus groups and interviews to explore teacher perceptions of current technology usage as well as the barriers and/or facilitators of ICT literacy integration. The conceptual framework was based on Knowles's theory of adult learning, which suggested that adult learners are motivated when they understand the real applications of new information. Methodological triangulation was obtained using 3 teacher focus groups and 2 interviews with 17 academic teachers, 1 administrator, and 1 resource teacher. Transcription documents from the focus groups and interviews were color-coded to identify emerging themes. The findings revealed that the participants believed that their students currently use technology to access information, but rarely evaluate the validity of digital information. To address this deficit, a professional development plan was created with the goal of increasing teachers' ICT literacy integration skills in the area of information evaluation. This plan was designed to improve methodological practices and lead to better classroom instruction, creating positive social change by making educators better-equipped to meet the needs of their students. The local community will also benefit as students leave school better prepared to meet the demands of a technological workforce.

Today, the impact of information technologies on education field is ever more clarified with the integration of new tools and methods to the education. Education has been becoming away from the traditional classroom environment through virtual environment. Besides education of theoretical disciplines, education of practice based disciplines, like design related disciplines are moving toward virtual environments. One of these is Industrial Design (ID) education which also has made the transition to the virtual world. This thesis aims to explore and scrutinize the latest forms of ID education, especially the online distance ID education. In order to comprehend the technological progress of ID education and its possible future, an overview of the origins and an evaluation of the current state of distance online ID education are made. By this study, it is expected to shed light to the design educators and the educational systems&rsquo / developers, for designing these environments. At the end of this research, it is concluded that it is not possible to imagine a future of ID education without technology integration. However, it would be better to apply both technological and traditional methods. In fact, the key people in the development of these educational systems and tools would be the designers themselves.

Thesis (M.A. )--Miami University, Dept. of Educational Psychology, 2008. / Title from first page of PDF document. Includes bibliographical references (p. 35-37).

Requirements Engineering (RE) approaches are widely used in several domains such as telecommunications systems, information systems, and even regulatory compliance. However, they are rarely applied in healthcare beyond requirements elicitation. Healthcare is a multidisciplinary environment in which clinical processes are often performed across multiple units. Introducing a new Information Technology (IT) system or a new process in such an environment is a very challenging task, especially in the absence of recognized RE practices. Currently, many IT systems are not welcomed by caregivers and are considered to be failures because they change what caregivers are familiar with and bring new tasks that often consume additional time. This thesis introduces a new RE-based approach aiming to evaluate and estimate the potential impact of new system integrations on current practices, organizational goals,and user satisfaction using goal modelling and process modelling techniques. This approach is validated with two case studies conducted in real hospitals and a usability study involving healthcare practitioners. The contributions of the thesis are: • Major: a novel Activity-based Process Integration (AbPI) framework that enables the integration of a new process into existing practices incrementally, in a way that permits continuous analysis and evaluation. AbPI also provides several alternatives to a given integration to ensure effective flowing and minimal disturbance to current practices. AbPI has a Goal Integration Method to integrate new goals, an Integration Method to integrate new processes, and an Alternative Evaluation Method exploiting multi-criteria decision-making algorithms to select among strategies. The modelling concepts of AbPI are supported by a profile of the User Requirements Notation augmented with a new distance-based goal-oriented approach to alternative selection and a new data-quality-driven algorithm for the propagation of confidence levels in goal models. • Minor: a usability study of AbPI to investigate the usefulness of the framework in a healthcare context. This usability study is part of the validation and is also a minor contribution due to: 1) the lack of usability studies when proposing requirements engineering frameworks, and 2) an intent to discover the potential usefulness of the framework in a context where recognized RE practices are seldom used.