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Greek Pre-Service Teachers' Intentions to Use Computers as In-Service Teachers
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Fokides, Emmanuel – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2017
The study examines the factors affecting Greek pre-service teachers' intention to use computers when they become practicing teachers. Four variables (perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, self-efficacy, and attitude toward use) as well as behavioral intention to use computers were used so as to build a research model that extended the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Technology Integration
Patterns of Interactive Media Use among Contemporary Youth
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van den Beemt, A.; Akkerman, S.; Simons, P. R. J. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2011
The intensive use of interactive media has led to assertions about the effect of these media on youth. Rather than following the assumption of a distinct Net generation, this study investigates diversity in interactive media use among youth. Results from a pilot study show that contemporary youth can be divided into clusters based on the use of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Opinions, Factor Analysis, Internet
Revisiting and Reframing Use: Implications for the Integration of ICT
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Ward, Lorrae; Parr, Judy M. – Computers & Education, 2010
This paper investigates the use of ICT by teachers in selected secondary schools. It considers both the extent and type of use and the factors that may influence such use through the statistical analysis of data from a 30-section survey containing 185 items. First, exploratory maximum-likelihood factor analysis was used to identify five distinct…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Teacher Attitudes, Professional Development
Door of Hope or Despair: Students' Perception of Distance Education at University of Ghana
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Oteng-Ababio, M. – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2011
Distance Education has globally become one of the important solutions for increasing admission into the universities, decongesting campuses and efficient utilization of time and space. To ensure the sustainability of the programmes' noble objectives calls for periodic re-evaluation of its modus operandi including the assessment of the perception…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Distance Education, Negative Attitudes
Exploration of the Attitudes of Freshman Foreign Language Students toward Using Computers at a Turkish State University
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Akbulut, Yavuz – Online Submission, 2008
The present study expands the design of Warschauer (1996) surveying freshman foreign language students at a Turkish university. Motivating aspects of computer assisted instruction in terms of writing and e-mailing are explored through an exploratory factor analysis conducted on the survey developed by Warschauer (1996). Findings suggest that…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Factor Analysis, College Freshmen
Exploration of the Attitudes of Freshman Foreign Language Students toward Using Computers at a Turkish State University
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Akbulut, Yavuz – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2008
The present study expands the design of Warschauer (1996) surveying freshman foreign language students at a Turkish university. Motivating aspects of computer assisted instruction in terms of writing and e-mailing are explored through an exploratory factor analysis conducted on the survey developed by Warschauer (1996). Findings suggest that…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Factor Analysis, College Freshmen