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Teaching without a blackboard and chalk: conflicting attitudes towards using ICTs in higher education teaching and learning

Tummons, J.; Fournier, C.; Kits, O.; Macleod, A.

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Authors

C. Fournier

O. Kits

A. Macleod



Abstract

This article, derived from a three-year ethnography of distributed medical education provision in a Canadian university, explores the ways in which information and communication technologies are used by teachers and students in their everyday work within technologically rich teaching environments. The environments being researched are two university campuses: a campus at the main university site and a satellite campus in a neighbouring province. The article seeks to contrast dominant, institutional discourses of technology use in higher education teaching with the everyday practices of staff and students. The article concludes that there is a gap between policy and practice in distributed education and that the teaching and learning experience and context of staff and students in different sites need to be analysed in depth, in terms of: whether the experience of learning across sites can be positioned as being comparable; the extent to which technology ameliorates learning and teaching; and understanding the work done by staff.

Citation

Tummons, J., Fournier, C., Kits, O., & Macleod, A. (2016). Teaching without a blackboard and chalk: conflicting attitudes towards using ICTs in higher education teaching and learning. Higher Education Research & Development, 35(4), 829-840. https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2015.1137882

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jun 25, 2015
Online Publication Date Feb 2, 2016
Publication Date Jul 3, 2016
Deposit Date Aug 27, 2015
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Higher Education Research and Development
Print ISSN 0729-4360
Electronic ISSN 1469-8366
Publisher Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 35
Issue 4
Pages 829-840
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2015.1137882
Keywords Distance learning, Distributed medical education, Ethnography, Higher education, Information and communication technologies.

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