A study on the techno-pedagogical knowledge of academics in a malaysian private university
Jasmine Jain1, Logendra Ponniah2, Johan @ Eddy Luaran3, Kandappan Balasubramanian4.
Techno-pedagogical Knowledge (TPK) is a framework encompasses
two different types of knowledge, namely technological knowledge and
pedagogical knowledge. As a fragment of the knowledge areas making up
Techno-Pedagogical Content Knowledge (Mishra & Koehler, 2006), TPK is
a staple skill for the 21st century educators. This is especially true when
the educational landscape nowadays is overwhelmed with vast array of
digital devices. There is also a need for educators to be creative in using
their techno-pedagogy skills, referring to the ability of the teachers to
make lesson interesting though technological and imaginative approaches.
The study attempts (1) to study the current level of techno-pedagogical
knowledge among lecturers of Taylor’s University (2) to study how technopedagogical
knowledge help lecturers in integrating blended learning into
their teaching and learning processes. This quantitative study was carried
out by distributing 21-item questionnaire to full-time academic staffs (n=
126) of Taylor’s University. The main findings revealed that while the TPK
competency of lecturers are rather high (mean=4.21), the “Motivation”
and “Internet discussion” aspects remained low compared to the rest of
the TPK components. It was also found that while the focus is to look at the
integration of blended learning into the lecturer’s teaching, it is interesting to
note that the academics of this university still place much emphasis on faceto-
face teaching, and prefer flipped model of learning rather than blended
learning. This study provided further insights on the need to emphasize on
the techno-pedagogical skills and consequently, improve the current TPK
courses available for lecturers.
Affiliation:
- Taylor's University, Malaysia
- Taylor's University, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
- Taylor's University, Malaysia
Toggle translation
Download this article (This article has been downloaded 84 time(s))