The Relationship between Information Literacy and Web-based Learning Willingness of Civil Servants:A Case Study of the District Office of the Taipei City

Autor: Kuo, Shu-Hua, 郭淑華
Rok vydání: 2007
Druh dokumentu: 學位論文 ; thesis
Popis: 95
This study investigates the information literacy and web-based learning willingness of officials in Taipei City District Offices. The information literacy includes abilities to realize information, to obtain information, to evaluate information, to make use of information, and to follow information ethics. The web-based learning willingness is divided into three dimensions: course content, reward system, and learning community. The questionnaire that the research adopts is reviewed and predicted by experts and revised based on reliability and validity tests (adding “information value” to information literacy). The research objects are officials in 12 District Offices of Taipei City. Total amount of 563 questionnaires are distributed using stratified random sampling method, and 510 of them are valid research data. The research data are analyzed by Descriptive Statistics Analysis, t-test, One Way ANOVA, and Pearson Product Moment Correlation. The major conclusions are as follows: I.The cognitive degree of Taipei City District officials’ information literacy as a whole is 80.19%. The mean is 4.01. Among all the facets, information value gets the highest score. Other abilities, from high to low, are: information ethics, obtaining information, making use of information, realizing information, and evaluating information. II.The conceptual degree of Taipei City District officials’ web-based learning willingness is 76.19%. The mean is 3.81. Course content scores the highest followed by reward system and learning community. III.The differences in information literacy between different background variables: 1.Variables such as sex, age, education degree, position, nature of job, and rank of position are not significantly different in terms of information literacy. 2.Officials with different years in service are significantly different in abilities to obtain information, evaluate information, and follow information ethics. 3.Officials with different computer-using experience are significantly different in abilities to obtain information and to make use of information. 4.Officials with or without on-line learning experience are significantly different in terms of information value, obtaining information, making use of information and following information ethics. IV.The differences in web-based learning willingness between different background variables: 1.Variables such as sex, education degree, position, nature of job, rank of position, computer-using experience and on-line learning experience are not significantly different in web-based learning willingness. 2.Official of different ages are significantly different in dimensions of web-based learning willingness such as reward system and learning community. 3.Official with different years in service are significantly different in terms of reward system. V.The information literacy and web-based learning willingness are positive correlated with medium degree. Finally, according to the research results, the researcher provides suggestions for the government, officials, and future studies in order to improve the information literacy and web-based learning willingness of government officials. Keyword:information literacy,web-based learning willingness
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