A Structural Equation Model for ICT Usage in Higher Education

Autor/inn/en	Usluel, Yasemin Kocak; Askar, Petek; Bas, Turgay
Titel	A Structural Equation Model for ICT Usage in Higher Education
Quelle	In: Educational Technology & Society, 11 (2008) 2, S.262-273 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1436-4522
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Internet; College Faculty; Information Technology; Structural Equation Models; Computer Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Computer Uses in Education; Predictor Variables; Computer Mediated Communication; Teacher Surveys; Questionnaires; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Fakultät; Informationstechnologie; Lehrerverhalten; Computernutzung; Prädiktor; Computerkonferenz; Fragebogen; Türkei
Abstract	This study focuses on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) usage, which is the indicator of diffusion. A model composed of the variables which can explain ICT usage in Turkish higher education is established and tested within the study. The two dimensions of ICT usage are considered: instructional and managerial. The data collected from 814 faculty members in Turkey were used to test the model by using LISREL 8.72; it explained 61% of the faculties ICT use, with a good model fit. The model supposes that the perceived attributes of ICT and ICT facilities in the universities predict the ICT use. The faculty members make use of ICT most as a means of communication and for searching for information about the course through the Internet; and the least, for publishing their lecture notes and the announcements concerning the course-assignments, projects-on WWW. (Contains 2 figures and 7 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10