Influence of digital equipment on interaction quality in technology-rich classroom sign in or purchase

Technologies, when embedded in instruction can provide unique opportunities for interaction. In this paper, to exploring the influence of digital equipment on interaction quality in Technology-rich Classroom, 54 lectures were observed in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shenzhen, and 626 interaction processes were recorded. The main conclusions are the following: (1) Interaction frequency, interaction object and interaction content in technology-rich classroom has been definitely enriched by digital equipment. Interaction quality in technology-rich classroom is extremely good, with an average score of 2.33 (1-3 scores). (2) From the perspective of "ownership" relationship between digital equipment and student, technology-rich classrooms are classified into three types. "Group-own" classroom is more helpful than "Individual-own" classroom for interaction quality. (3) Interactive whiteboard do not necessarily achieve more performance than multimedia-projector. But, interactive whiteboard could play an important role on interaction quality when 1:1 Pad/Laptop involved in classrooms. (4) Digital equipment and learning activities are collaborating to impact on interaction quality.