Summarized by Mary McCann

A recent survey of teacher education students in Turkey examined instructional technology in the classroom. The survey found that the majority of teacher candidates praised instructional technology and listed many benefits for using technology to aid teaching and learning. Benefits of instructional technology included “providing trust, rapid and effective instruction, saving time, increasing success, keeping the attention and facilitating lesson work” (p. 210). In addition, the teacher candidates recommended all students pursuing an education degree to complete an instructional technologies and design course, as the skills they learned in their own instructional design course were very beneficial.

References:

Orthan-Karsak, H. G. (2017). Investigation of teacher candidates’ opinions about instructional technologies and material usage. Journal of Education And Training Studies, 5(5), 204-216. Retrieved from http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1141387.pdf