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What, how and why-A peek into the uses and gratifications of ubiquitous computing for pre-service teachers in Singapore
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What, how and why-A peek into the uses and gratifications of ubiquitous computing for pre-service teachers in Singapore

Wenli Chen, Cheryl Lee, Ashley Tan and Chiu-Pin Lin
Proceedings 2012 17th IEEE International Conference on Wireless, Mobile and Ubiquitous Technology in Education, WMUTE 2012, pp.182-186
2012

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ICT pre-service teachers ubiquitous computing uses and gratifications Computer Networks and Communications Education
This paper looks into the different ways in which a group of pre-service teachers used ICT in their classrooms and the resulting sense of gratification. The data collected was used to analyse what might have motivated or demotivated the pre-service teachers from using more ICT devices and applications in the classroom, given their experiences during the practicum period. The data collected showed that most of the pre-service teachers did not use highly varied forms of ICT in their classrooms. In fact, for about half of them, PowerPoint presentations and visualisers were about the only forms of ICT used although the ubiquitous computing infrastrucrure is available. The findings have implications for policy makers and teacher training institution to decide how to allocate ICT resources more effectively and what (additional) ICT training to put in place. © 2012 IEEE.

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