The Digital Divide? Analyzing Regional Differences of Tablet PC Use in Korean Middle Schools for Sustainable Development
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Literature Review
2.1. The Digital Divide in the Korean Context
2.2. New Media in Education
2.3. Learning Effectiveness with Tablet PCs
- (1)
- Are students’ self-regulated learning, collaborative learning skills, and learning satisfaction as a result of tablet PC use different between a metropolitan and rural school?
- (2)
- Are teachers’ responses to the changes and challenges of tablet PC use different between a metropolitan and rural school?
3. Method
3.1. Participants
3.2. Research Environment and Instruments
3.2.1. Research Environment
3.2.2. Instructional Instruments
3.2.3. Research Instruments
4. Results
4.1. Quantitative Findings
4.2. Qualitative Findings
5. Conclusions and Suggestions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Area | Subject | Gender | Career (year) |
---|---|---|---|
Metropolitan | English | Female | 7 |
Science | Male | 28 | |
Social Studies | Male | 10 | |
Rural | English | Female | 25 |
Science | Male | 12 | |
Social Studies | Female | 2 |
Chapter | 10. Social changes and development 2. Changes in Korean society and the division of Korea into north and south | |
Learning objectives | 1. Students can explain the divided Koreas. 2. Students can recognize the need for reunification and propose ways to overcome the division. | |
Instructional methods | Flipped classroom, problem-based learning | |
Learning applications | Padlet | |
Process | steps | Activities |
Pre-class | Online learning | Using video clips made by the teacher, students understand the situation of the divided Korea. Additional video clips by the government titled “for reunified Korea” are recommended: https://www.uniedu.go.kr/uniedu/atchfile/stream/F000004139.mp4 |
In-class | reading | Read the 198–199 pages of the digital textbook, understand the need for reunification, and learn what efforts are underway. |
… | … | |
sharing | Students search for blocks that hinder reunification through online searching and share it using the Padlet. | |
… | … |
Variable | Mean (SD) | |
---|---|---|
Pre-Test | Post-Test | |
Self-regulated learning ability | ||
Metropolitan | 3.61 (0.58) | 3.59 (0.66) |
Rural | 3.74 (0.45) | 3.87 (0.55) |
Collaboration | ||
Metropolitan | 3.73 (0.62) | 3.69 (0.78) |
Rural | 3.80 (0.47) | 4.00 (0.60) |
Learning satisfaction | ||
Metropolitan | 3.77 (0.79) | 3.65 (0.89) |
Rural | 4.23 (0.63) | 4.24 (0.64) |
Effects | SS | df | MS | F | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Self-regulated learning ability | Within-subjects | ||||
Time (Pre- and Post-) | 0.18 | 1 | 0.18 | 0.83 | |
Time × School | 0.33 | 1 | 0.33 | 1.54 | |
Between-subjects | |||||
School (Metropolitan and Rural) | 2.34 | 1 | 2.34 | 5.82 * | |
Collaboration | Within-subjects | ||||
Time (Pre- and Post-) | 0.36 | 1 | 0.36 | 1.18 | |
Time × School | 0.87 | 1 | 0.87 | 2.89 | |
Between-subjects | |||||
School (Metropolitan and Rural) | 1.97 | 1 | 1.97 | 4.30 * | |
Learning satisfaction | Within-subjects | ||||
Time (Pre- and Post-) | 0.15 | 1 | 0.15 | 0.49 | |
Time × School | 0.19 | 1 | 0.19 | 0.62 | |
Between-subjects | |||||
School (Metropolitan and Rural) | 15.35 | 1 | 15.35 | 20.17 * |
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Lim, K.; Kim, Y.; Kim, M.; Jang, Y.; Joo, M.-H. The Digital Divide? Analyzing Regional Differences of Tablet PC Use in Korean Middle Schools for Sustainable Development. Sustainability 2019, 11, 5054. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11185054
Lim K, Kim Y, Kim M, Jang Y, Joo M-H. The Digital Divide? Analyzing Regional Differences of Tablet PC Use in Korean Middle Schools for Sustainable Development. Sustainability. 2019; 11(18):5054. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11185054
Chicago/Turabian StyleLim, Keol, Yujin Kim, Minyoung Kim, Yoonho Jang, and Min-Ho Joo. 2019. "The Digital Divide? Analyzing Regional Differences of Tablet PC Use in Korean Middle Schools for Sustainable Development" Sustainability 11, no. 18: 5054. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11185054
APA StyleLim, K., Kim, Y., Kim, M., Jang, Y., & Joo, M. -H. (2019). The Digital Divide? Analyzing Regional Differences of Tablet PC Use in Korean Middle Schools for Sustainable Development. Sustainability, 11(18), 5054. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11185054