Technology Supported Classroom for Collaborative Learning

Abstract

Technology has been one of the basic needs of the modern society. Technology can empower both teachers and students and can create a space for collaboration. Considering the role of technology in collaborative learning, this study envisaged to explore how teachers perceive about technology supported ELT classroom for collaborative learning and to discover the strategies adopted by the language teachers to enhance technology supported classroom for collaborative learning. To meet the objectives of the study, tenhigher secondary level (+2) level language teachers who were teaching collaboratively by using technological tools in the different colleges of Kirtipur were selected purposively and were interviewed in-depth based on certain open-ended questions related to the study. Their interviews were recorded for data. The data were carefully documented and the collected data were analyzed and interpreted descriptively having certain themes. The findings of the study revealed that the teachers have positive perception about technology supported ELT classroom for collaborative learning and the teachers mainly followed student-centered technique as their strategies in order to enhance technology supported ELT classroom for collaborative learning.