6.3 Beliefs Related to the Challenges to Use of OLEs

This second category of beliefs contrasts with those in the first category in that these beliefs emphasize problems, difficulties, concerns or challenges in the use of OLEs. These beliefs do not necessarily or always dismiss the value of OLEs in the teaching of FSFL, however, they raise questions about how OLEs can be effectively exploited and how other issues such as time, training, control, and the curriculum, to mention but a few factors, impact on and interplay with teachers’ efforts to integrate technology. This section of the chapter follows the same pattern as did the section that provided an interpretation of the beliefs related to the advantages of the use of OLEs. Each sub-category will be considered separately in order to ensure consideration and interpretation of the beliefs. The first sub-category considers how factors such as time and the curriculum play an important role in teachers’ beliefs about teaching and learning in OLEs.