Enhancing Student Motivation and Engagement in Business Statistics Via Instructional Technology

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10.2991/978-94-6463-286-6_2How to use a DOI?

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Instructional Technology; Teaching and Learning; Business Statistics; Student’s motivation and engagement

Abstract

Today, Information and communication technologies have exponential growth in our daily life, where access to vast amounts of information is now available with ease. Today’s generation of students has grown up with these technologies. To create an effective interactive classroom that meets the needs of the student, a modern teacher must utilize the advanced technology to enhance a student’s motivation and engagement. In Dammam Community College (DCC), the conventional chalk-and-talk and PowerPoint methods are still used, where there is an increasing demand for innovative teaching to provide flexible learning opportunities. These conventional classes of Business Statistics are known to cause a lack of student motivation due to the mathematics content and computer software applications. In DCC, we developed an instructional technology that uses Tablet-PC and Online Learning Management System (OLMS). In this system, the instructor presents the lesson in an innovative way and the students can access the course material with ease through the OLMS. The system provides online student-student and student-teacher interaction. Furthermore, one of the major challenges for the teacher to effectively monitor student progress is the developed system enables the teacher to online monitor student assignments, Lab activities, and online homework. This study focus on how the adaptation of instructional technology has been used to foster good teaching and affect learning for students in Business Statistics. This paper aims to result in the instructional technology used and its implementation a boost in the intrinsic motivation of students in Business Statistics. To test this hypothesis, two surveys were conducted. The first survey is used to determine the level of student satisfaction on how the used instructional technology affects their learning and the second survey is used to identify the DCC instructor’s perception towards the usage of the instructional technology. Results of this study revealed that students’ attitudes are more convenient during the lectures, the students have positive perceptions that the instructional technology provides availability and easy to access course materials, and the instructional technology provides effective communication among the students and between the students and the instructor. For the instructor’s survey, the result found that the instructors in DCC have positive perceptions that instructional technology can enhance their teaching practices and students’ performance. In addition, the analysis found that instructors of the DCC recommended providing more training for instructors to sharpen their teaching skills by utilizing instructional technology.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Alawi A. Al-Saggaf
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/11/23
TI  - Enhancing Student Motivation and Engagement in Business Statistics Via Instructional Technology
BT  - Proceedings of the HCT International General Education Conference (HCT-IGEC 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 4
EP  - 13
SN  - 2667-128X
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-286-6_2
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-286-6_2
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