ZPD Incidence Development Strategy for Demand of Information Technology in Engineering Teaching: Comparing Teachers Belong to Different University

Abstract:

Many regional higher education institutes (mainly regional university) promoted to be comprehensive regional higher education institutes (CRHEIs) from 2006 in China. Students in those CRHEIs become more and more, and the quality of teaching should be improved. This paper reports on findings amongst staff in adopting information technology at Linyi University and Southwest University. The methodology for carrying out the tasks involved using questionnaire that assessed views of staff in their use of email, software tools and internet facilities for teaching and learning issues. We discussed these issues using normative Delphi method. The paper ends with recommendations for future research.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 267)
• Pages: 926-930
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.267.926
• Online since: June 2011
• Authors: Yan Hui Chen
• Keywords: Comprehensive Regional Higher Education, Delphi, Information Technology (IT), ZPD

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