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Aharony, Noa; Shonfeld, Miri – Interdisciplinary Journal of e-Skills and Lifelong Learning, 2015
This study seeks to explore what factors influence students' ICT use and web technology competence. The objectives of this study are the following: (a) To what extent do certain elements of Rogers' (2003) Diffusion of Innovations Theory (DOI) explain students' ICT use, (b) To what extent do personality characteristics derived from the Big Five…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Internet, Personality Traits
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Aharony, Noa; Bar-Ilan, Judit – Interdisciplinary Journal of e-Skills and Lifelong Learning, 2016
MOOCs are open, online courses that use information technologies to enhance the learning experience and attract various people from the entire world. The current study uses the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), as well as personal characteristics such as learning strategies, cognitive appraisal, and Kuhlthau's (1991) model of information seeking…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Large Group Instruction, Student Attitudes, Technology Uses in Education
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Aharony, Noa – College & Research Libraries, 2014
This study seeks to investigate whether information professionals, as well as LIS students, are ready to assimilate Facebook in their work and educational environments. The study uses the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) as well as some characteristics of the "Big Five" model of personality as a theoretical base from which to predict…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Web Sites, Adoption (Ideas), Graduate Students
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Aharony, Noa – College & Research Libraries, 2014
This study which is based on the Technological Acceptance Model (TAM), seeks to explore whether librarians and LIS students are familiar with the newest technological innovations and whether they are ready to accept them. The research was conducted in Israel during the first and second semesters of the 2012 academic year and considered two…
Descriptors: Librarians, Library Education, Library Science, Electronic Libraries
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Aharony, Noa – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2013
The present study explores LIS students' perceptions toward the assimilation of e-books in the library. The research was conducted during the summer semester of the 2010 academic year in Israel and 144 students participated in the research. The study used three questionnaires: a personal details questionnaire, students' perceptions towards e-books…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Electronic Publishing, Library Science, Library Education
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Aharony, Noa – College & Research Libraries, 2011
The purpose of this research is to develop an understanding of the factors that support or constrain the individual's sharing knowledge in the organization. The current study seeks to explore whether personality (self-efficacy and self-esteem) and situational (cognitive appraisal: threat versus challenge) characteristics influence participants'…
Descriptors: Librarians, Knowledge Management, Self Efficacy, Personality Traits