Elementary school teachers’ views on digital content development processes
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İbrahim TopkaraPrimary Education, Ordu University, Ordu, Turkey
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Süleyman Erkam SulakPrimary Education, Ordu University, Ordu, Turkey
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10.58583/EM.3.3.10Keywords:
Digital content development, Elementary school teachers, Digital literacyAbstract
The aim of this study is to examine the views of elementary school teachers (ESTs) on digital content development (DCD) processes. In this regard, the difficulties faced by the ESTs in the process of DCD, their suggestions to tackle with these difficulties and their resources and opportunities in the process of qualified DCD were investigated. In addition, the suggestions of the ESTs in facilitating and enabling the DCD process were addressed. The present study is a qualitative research and designed in a case study design. Ten elementary school teachers working in the state schools in eight different provinces of Turkey participated in the study. The interviews were conducted online. The research data were collected through a semi-structured interview form. The interview form consists of 10 questions. The data of the study were analysed via content analysis method. As a result of the data analysis, a total of 221 coding were conducted in line with the two sub-problems. The research findings have shown that, regarding the first sub-problem, elementary school teachers faced the most difficulties in developing digital content such as cloud usage and lack of digital skills, fell behind receiving sufficient support, and preferred video platforms such as YouTube to solve these difficulties. The results concerning the second sub-problem reveal that elementary school teachers experience difficulties such as insufficient technological infrastructure, hardware and training deficiencies. In this regard, It is recommended that Turkish digital content development platforms should be developed, necessary software and expert support should be provided for digital content development, and free access to hardware should be provided.
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