Speed Bump vs. Road Kill on the Fiber-Optic Highway: Teacher Self-Perception in the Information Age

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Author(s): Margaret E. Bérci (College of Staten Island/CUNY, USA)
Copyright: 2014
Pages: 23
Source title: Academic Knowledge Construction and Multimodal Curriculum Development
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Douglas J. Loveless (James Madison University, USA), Bryant Griffith (Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, USA), Margaret E. Bérci (College of Staten Island-CUNY, USA), Evan Ortlieb (Monash University, Australia)and Pamela M. Sullivan (James Madison University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4797-8.ch003

Keywords: Curriculum Development and Instructional Design / Education / Information Science Reference / Instructional Design

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This chapter examines the early research on self-efficacy and beliefs of educators as it relates to the professional identity they must adopt in the information age. The overarching goal here is to challenge the wisdom associated with the super speeds at which teachers often adopt the use of multimodal media. The discussion does not debate the effectiveness of infusing technology into the classroom to guide students in the construction of knowledge; rather, it takes a position that there needs to be greater caution regulating the speed at which teachers are required to travel the Information Highway. The discussion also challenges the generalization that students are ahead of their teachers in the effective use of digital technologies, a condition that places teachers in the role of digital immigrants in the land of technology.

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