Strategies used by teachers and learners in technology assisted learning at the secondary level

Abstract

The combination of technology and use of appropriate strategies both by teachers and students in technology assisted classroom can play an important role to uplift the education system of Bangladesh. Due to the important role of technology this study aimed at investigating what types of technologies and strategies are used by teachers and learners in technology assisted learning at the secondary level. This study also attempted to explore teachers’ and students’ attitudes towards the use of technology. To collect the data questionnaires were administrated, interviews were taken, focus group discussion was arranged, and class observation was done. The study discovered that different types of technological tools are used by teachers and varieties of strategy are used by both teachers and learners in technology assisted classroom. It also found from the collected data teachers used Communicative Language Teaching and Participatory method while they use technology in class. The study found that both the teachers and students have positive attitudes towards the use of technology.