Conference Papers
SARS epidemic: Teachers' experiences using ICTs
- SARS epidemic: Teachers' experiences using ICTs
- Beyond the comfort zone: Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE); and Beyond the comfort zone: Program and abstracts for the 21st ASCILITE conference
- Perth
- Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education
- 2004
- Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE). Conference (2004: University of Western Australia)
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- Hong Kong
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- 1997.7 onwards
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- Unknown or Unspecified
- In 2003, the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome or SARS spread rapidly via international air travel from China to many cities across the world, resulting in over 8000 cases of infections and 774 deaths. In Hong Kong, as the virus invaded the community so did fear. The government put in place measures to help the public guard against the virus, one of which was to close all schools and universities. 1302 schools were closed. 1,000,000 children stayed at home and 50,600 teachers were faced with the challenge of using digital technology to provide an education that would reach beyond school walls into the homes and computers of Hong Kong students. Teachers had to re-think their teaching strategies and provide their students with new and different opportunities to work through curriculum requirements. SARS provided a catalyst for intense use of ICT in ways which had not been anticipated or prepared for. The plunge into ICT was a voyage of exciting discovery for some and frustration for others. Either way it had an impact on subsequent perceptions of the potential and shortcomings of ICT in education in Hong Kong. This paper focuses on teachers' perspectives of the role played by digital technology to meet the challenges faced by Hong Kong educators.[Copyright of Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ascilite) at http://www.ascilite.org.au]
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- English
- Conference Papers
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- 0975170236
- https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/en/bibs/b78c98f5
- 2010-11-25
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