A Systemic Framework for Sustaining Technology Integration in Educational Settings

The purpose of this paper is to provide a framework for sustaining technology integration in educational settings. The framework is developed based on a review of other frameworks as well as supplemental findings of a recent research study. The framework describes constant and essential influences for sustenance of a change process and is explicated to inform change mechanisms in terms of planning and implementation of technology integration. Various technology integration change models are initially reviewed, followed by a discussion of the specific framework that emerged via a research study. The framework describes three major components from the research study, which include people, process activities, and systems. The dynamics of the three major components are described with a number of guidelines for managing three components in the technology integration change process.

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