Teachers' acceptance and use of an educational portal
| Autor: | Johan van Braak, Wouter Duyck, Jo Tondeur, Philippe Duyck, Bram Pynoo, Bart Sijnave |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Teacher Education, Educational Science, Education |
| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
| Předmět: |
Program evaluation
ADOPTION General Computer Science Download Learning community BEHAVIORAL EXPECTATION Human-computer interface Applied psychology Learning communities Social Sciences Secondary education Usage data Education COMPUTER-TECHNOLOGY secondary education Pedagogy Technology integration ATTITUDES Theory of planned behavior TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MOTIVATION INTENTION MODEL SCHOOL TEACHERS Evaluation of CAL systems Technology acceptance model Psychology PRESERVICE TEACHERS Computer technology |
| Zdroj: | COMPUTERS & EDUCATION |
| ISSN: | 0360-1315 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.compedu.2011.12.026 |
| Popis: | In this study, teachers’ acceptance and use of an educational portal is assessed based on data from two sources: usage data (number of logins, downloads, uploads, reactions and pages viewed) and an online acceptance questionnaire. The usage data is extracted on two occasions from the portal’s database: at survey completion (T1) and twenty-two months later (T2). Framework for this study is C-TAM-TPB (Combined Technology Acceptance Model and Theory of Planned Behavior). 919 usable responses from teachers are obtained. Based on the observed use data at T1, four types of portal-users are distinguished: ‘new’ (N=37), ‘light’ (N=641), ‘medium’ (N=201), and ‘heavy’ (N=40). Path analyses show that all predictor variables in C-TAM-TPB influence teachers’ portal acceptance, but their significance level varies depending on the user type. The strongest predictors of behavioral intention to use the portal are attitude (‘new’) and perceived usefulness (‘light’, ‘medium’ and ‘heavy’), with variance explained ranging from .39 (‘medium’) to .71 (‘heavy’). The observed use data show that the portal is primarily used to search for and download material, rather than for sharing material or information. The use data at T2 show that teachers become more efficient in their search behavior and that the majority of the teachers use the portal more frequently. Guidelines are proposed to policymakers and school boards aiming to introduce a similar technology to teachers. ispartof: Computers and Education vol:58 issue:4 pages:1308-1317 status: published |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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