The e-capacity model approach is a framework for evaluating and assessing how well instructors and institutions can incorporate technologies into their educational programs. It focuses on analyzing many aspects of technology integration, including the infrastructure, resources, abilities and skills of teachers, the support of leadership, and the general organizational preparedness. The e-capacity model approach considers both the educational techniques required for successful technology integration, as well as the technical components of technology deployment. In order to increase the effective integration of technology in education, it offers a systematic framework for recognizing teachers’ and schools’ strengths, shortcomings, and opportunities for growth.
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Teachers and Schools Navigating Virtual Worlds and the Metaverse for Enhanced E-Learning: Evaluating an E-Capacity Model Approach
Richard Adade (University of South Africa, South Africa) and
Leila Goosen (University of South Africa, South Africa)
Copyright: © 2024
|Pages: 19
DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3693-1034-2.ch006
Abstract
The purpose of the study reported on in this chapter is evaluating teachers' and schools' capacities to integrate technologies into a new educational curriculum using an e-capacity model approach. Against the background of navigating virtual worlds and the metaverse for enhanced e-learning, the chapter will discuss issues with regard to effective strategies and policies for digital integration in education and training, societal issues (social inequality and the digital divide, etc.), legal and ethical issues (intellectual property legislation, etc.), the hybridization of training (hybrid, Hy Flex, co-modal, etc.), simulations, artificial intelligence (AI) for training, the educational metaverse, and information and communication technologies (ICTs).