Technical difficulties disrupted teaching routines and produced role conflict in academics' professional identities¶
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q2 i? Reliance on technology exposed participants to software and hardware problems that disrupted teaching and strained their professional identities. → Folabit 2026
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Folabit 2026¶
Folabit, N. L., & Jita, L. C. (2026). Academics’ (Re) construction of teacher identities in the context of technology integration at a South African university. Education Tech Research Dev. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-026-10708-w
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Interview findings on technical challenges: participants recounted repeated visits to the ICT department and laptop repairs causing backlogs of work. The article states these reflected "infrastructural and logistical barriers to effective technology integration" that strain professional identities.
"These challenges reflected the infrastructural and logistical barriers to effective technology integration, which can cause frustration and strain their professional identities."
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Related Claims¶
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- During spring 2020 remote instruction, internet connectivity and hardware/software problems interfered with course participation for large shares of undergraduates — related
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- Technology integration functioned as both an enabler and a disruptor of academics' professional identities — a broader claim this one bears on
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Technical difficulties disrupted teaching routines and produced role conflict in academics' professional identities |
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Technical difficulties disrupted teaching routines and produced role conflict in academics' professional identities |
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