Technology Integration in Teaching: A Panacea in Achieving Active Learning Strategies.

Abstract

This paper critically examines technology integration as a purported panacea for implementing active learning strategies in education. While digital tools offer transformative potential, enhancing engagement, collaboration, inquiry, and authentic creation—significant limitations challenge this universal remedy. Infrastructure deficits (e.g., unreliable internet in rural settings), equity gaps, risks of passive consumption, and teacher competency gaps undermine technology's efficacy. Through the lens of the TPACK framework (Mishra & Koehler, 2006), the study argues that technology alone cannot guarantee active learning; instead, its power emerges only when strategically integrated by skilled educators who prioritize pedagogical goals over tools. The paper concludes that sustainable active learning requires balancing technology with human interaction, critical thinking, and context-sensitive design, positioning teachers, not tools as the true catalysts of educational transformation.