The Applications Of Technologically-Assisted Tools And Technologies In Education After The Covid-19 Pandemic: A Case Study Of Regional Schools In Northern Territory, Australia

Abstract

Technologically-assisted tool is one of the popular technical topics in the fields of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), digital education, and technology. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many schools and school communities need to move their teaching to online classroom environments. However, many students and teachers do not understand how to manage online teaching, particularly for foreign language courses. In line with the Visual-Only Video Teaching Strategy (Dos Santos, 2019), the researcher coordinated with five secondary schools in Northern Territory, Australia, to test the outcomes and application of the digital technology tool in the regional and rural school communities. Based on the qualitative data from the teachers, three themes were categorised, including 1) Students are Motivated with the Visual Items, Videos, and Materials, 2) The Localised Environments and Images Applied into Students’ Cognitive Knowledge Bases, and 3) Students can Apply the Contemporary Knowledge into the Sentences and Exercises. The outcomes of the current study significantly answered the needs and problems in Northern Territory, Australia. Although the study was taken during the COVID-19 pandemic, the results and strategies will become the future directions in the field of technology, technologically-assisted tools, and technology education in Australia and other international regions.