Technology Acceptance in the Use of Social Networks by Teachers and Employees of Education Offices in Ahwaz

Autor/in	Hamdani, Majid
Titel	Technology Acceptance in the Use of Social Networks by Teachers and Employees of Education Offices in Ahwaz
Quelle	In: Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 18 (2019) 1, S.105-117 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2146-7242
Schlagwörter	Social Media; Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Educational Attainment; Teachers; Administrators; Employees; School Personnel + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziale Medien; Unterrichtsmedien; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Employee; Arbeitnehmer; Beschäftigter; Schulpersonal
Abstract	Educational systems and stakeholders embark upon changes and adaptation with changes on the basis of social and historical developments. One of the influential factors in current world is emerging technologies like social networks that can affect educational systems and stakeholders. This research deal with studying the acceptance of social networks by those involved in the educational system of Ahwaz. For this purpose, a sample of 523 people was selected by random sampling from among teachers and administrative employees and analyzed by a 53-question questionnaire with Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.88 based on the TAM2 model and SEM method. The results showed that teachers did not have high acceptance for using social networks, but administrative employees welcomed this phenomenon. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Sakarya University. Esentepe Campus, Adapazari 54000, Turkey. Tel: +90-505-2431868; Fax: +90-264-6141034; e-mail: tojet@sakarya.edu.tr; Web site: http://www.tojet.net
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01