A Research on Technology Management and its Applications in Schools in the Pandemic Period

• Published in: TOJET : the Turkish online journal of educational technology Vol. 21; no. 2; pp. 1 - 19
• Main Author: Ince, Zuhal
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Adapazari Sakarya University 01.04.2022
• Subjects: CAI; Computer assisted instruction; COVID-19; Distance Education; Distance learning; Education; Educational Technology; Epidemics; Foreign Countries; Pandemics; Phenomenology; Principals; Qualitative research; Research Methodology; School Closing; Secondary School Teachers; Secondary Schools; Teachers; Teaching Methods; Technology Integration; Technology Uses in Education; Turkey
• ISSN: 2146-7242; 1303-6521

The World Health Organization has labeled the emergence of a coronavirus kind that threatens humanity in Wuhan, China, as a "pandemic" (WHO). The global epidemic has produced severe disruptions in educational possibilities all across the world. This condition highlighted a desire to provide education without attending school, and remote education was established. The demand for online education technologies has also been recognized strongly. The goal of this study is to uncover the use, management, and usefulness of technology in schools before and during the epidemic. The study falls within the purview of descriptive phenomenology design, one of the qualitative research methodologies and the research phenomena is the notion of "technology in accessing education." The research's study group had a total of 24 individuals, 12 principals and 12 instructors. For the research subject, semi-structured open-ended questions were constructed. While pre-pandemic technological tools are used for informational and announcement purposes, as well as the use of interactive boards, it is clear that after the pandemic, education and training applications, as well as all types of information activities, are carried out entirely through technological tools.