Technology Integration Changes over Three Years: Teacher Technology Acceptance in a One to One Tablet PC Integration Across Cities

Abstract

In this research, the authors clarified how school teachers have been using tablet PCs (TPC) with students across the region for over three years. The following data were analyzed: 1) changes in TPC use, 2) impressions of TPC use, and 3) the characteristics of both user and non-user groups. The following results were obtained: 1) the utilization rate of TPC improved in the beginning, but did not subsequently improve, 2) teachers’ feelings of “usefulness” improved, but “ease of use” may take a longer time to show improvement, and 3) the user group had expectations about individualization of the student learning experience for both regular education and ICT-based learning.