Teachers' acceptance and use of an educational portal
ARTICLE
Bram Pynoo, Jo Tondeur, Johan van Braak, Wouter Duyck, Bart Sijnave, Philippe Duyck
Computers & Education Volume 58, Number 4, ISSN 0360-1315 Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
In this study, teachers' acceptance and use of an educational portal is assessed based on data from two sources: usage data (number of logins, downloads, uploads, reactions and pages viewed) and an online acceptance questionnaire. The usage data is extracted on two occasions from the portal's database: at survey completion (T1) and twenty-two months later (T2). Framework for this study is C-TAM-TPB (Combined Technology Acceptance Model and Theory of Planned Behavior). 919 usable responses from teachers are obtained. Based on the observed use data at T1, four types of portal users are distinguished: ‘new’ (N = 37), ‘light’ (N = 641), ‘medium’ (N = 201), and ‘heavy’ (N = 40). Path analyses show that all predictor variables in C-TAM-TPB influence teachers' portal acceptance, but their significance level varies depending on the user type. The strongest predictors of behavioral intention to use the portal are attitude (‘new’) and perceived usefulness (‘light’, ‘medium’ and ‘heavy’), with variance explained ranging from .39 (‘medium’) to .71 (‘heavy’). The observed use data show that the portal is primarily used to search for and download material, rather than for sharing material or information. The use data at T2 show that teachers become more efficient in their search behavior and that the majority of the teachers use the portal more frequently. Guidelines are proposed to policymakers and school boards aiming to introduce a similar technology to teachers.
Citation
Pynoo, B., Tondeur, J., van Braak, J., Duyck, W., Sijnave, B. & Duyck, P. (2012). Teachers' acceptance and use of an educational portal. Computers & Education, 58(4), 1308-1317. Elsevier Ltd. Retrieved January 20, 2021 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/67487/.
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Keywords
- Adoption (Ideas)
- Computer Uses in Education
- educational resources
- educational technology
- Evaluation of CAL systems
- Human–computer interface
- Intention
- internet
- learning communities
- Longitudinal Studies
- Online Searching
- path analysis
- Predictor Variables
- Program Evaluation
- Questionnaires
- secondary education
- Secondary School Teachers
- teacher attitudes
- Teacher Behavior
- Teacher Surveys
- technology integration
- Use Studies
- Web Sites
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