Development of the Web Users Self-Efficacy Scale (WUSE)

Eachus, Peter; Cassidy, Simon J.

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“…It is concerned not with the skills one has, but with the judgements of what one can do with whatever skills one posses" (p.391). Eachus and Cassidy (2006) also confirmed that self-efficacy represents an individual's beliefs regarding their perceived capability to complete a particular behavior or task successfully. An empirical study by Munro, Huff, Marcolin & Compeau.…”

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Pre-service Teachers' Learning Object Development: A Case Study in K-12 Setting

Akpınar¹,

Şimşek²

2007

IJELL

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Teachers use variety of media to support students' learning. Though there are many new tools and settlements in learning technologies and their specifications, there has been a fierce debate over learning objects and their development. This research aimed to examine the effect of preservice teachers' experience in information and communication technology (ICT) use on their learning object development through (1) inspecting type, number and organization of their learning object (LO) components authored in a non-commercial system, (2) evaluating quality of their learning objects using the Learning Object Review Instrument (Nesbitt & Li, 2004), and (3) studying relationship between the components, quality and subject matter of their LOs. Seventysix pre-service teachers were asked to design and develop LOs in a non-commercial learning content development system. Analysis of their learning objects and a usability test data showed that the participants found the system easy to use in general. Novice and experienced information technology users were able to develop learning objects similar in size and features. The analysis showed meaningful correlation between the use of some of the learning object components. There seems to be significant relations between the quality of the LOs measured with the LORI items and some elements of the developed LOs, however, the novice and experienced groups' LOs did differ neither in overall ratings nor at nine individual items of the LORI. The study suggested some further work for developing quality LOs through collaborative learning resource authoring.Keywords: Learning object, pre-service teachers, Learning object authoring, instructional assets, learning content management system IntroductionTeachers play an important role in determining what and how students learn throughout their activities both in conventional and technology rich learning environments. Teachers are responsible for monitoring the flow of each student's activities, playing a meta-cognitive function for the students by probing their knowledge and reasoning, monitoring participation and student engagement. Student activities must be rich and needs based so that teachers make their educational diagnosis and intervention accordingly. As student needs vary and those needs may be fulfilled with different task regimes, it would be functional for teachers to have access to a large activity pool which is constructed and enriched by teachers. E-learning systems replace the teacher to the center for learning, the teacher's role shifts fromMaterial published as part of this publication, either on-line or in print, is copyrighted by the Informing Science Institute. Permission to make digital or paper copy of part or all of these works for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that the copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage AND that copies 1) bear this notice in full and 2) give the full citation on the first page. It is permissible to abstract these works so long as cr...

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Pre-service Teachers' Learning Object Development: A Case Study in K-12 Setting

Akpınar¹,

Şimşek²

2007

IJELL

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“…The gender differences in Internet self-efficacy that have been found in this study and have been reported elsewhere Eachus, Cassidy, & Hogg, 2006;Grace-Farfaglia, Peters, Dekkers, & Park, 2005;Wu & Tsai, 2006), need to be explained and several possibilities avail themselves. Weiser (2000) has suggested that the Internet is a "boys' toy" that was developed by men for men and that females are actively discouraged from involvement.…”

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Finger Length Digit Ratio and Gender Differences in Sensation Seeking and Internet Self-Efficacy

Eachus

2007

Proceedings of the 2007 InSITE Conference

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Several studies have suggested a significant relationship between finger length and aspects of personality. In this study the ratio between second and fourth digit lengths, known as digit ratio, was correlated with sensation seeking and Internet self-efficacy. In addition the relationship between the fourth and fifth digits, i.e. the little finger and ring finger, and these two constructs was also examined. No significant relationship between sensation seeking and digit ratio was observed but, in males, significant correlations between digit ratio and Internet self-efficacy were found. The implications for IT education are discussed.

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“…Distance learning reduces costs and increases telepresence, flexibility, interaction, motivation, access, and the number of learners (8,9). Furthermore, it has the ability of creating a rich and motivational educational environment (10), and gives learners ease and flexibility as learning could be achieved at any time and place (11), and also increases the amount of communication and contribution of the users (12), while learners have greater opportunities to express their thoughts and impressions (13). Behaviors that lead to prompt and on time feedback are positive predictors of learning and satisfaction (14).…”

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Assessment of Electronic Education Student’s Perception of Effective Distance Education Components to Explain Satisfaction of Electronic Education

Baratian

Farajollahi

Sarmadi

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Interdiscip J Virtual Learn Med Sci

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Background: Satisfaction is one of the most common indicators of effective learning and many factors, such as interaction, flexibility, and feedback, are involved in the development of satisfaction. Thus, goals of this research was to determine electronic education student's perception towards effective distance education components and contribution of these components in explaining satisfaction of distance education. Methods: The current research used a survey method. The statistical population consisted of all electronic education graduate students (3915) of universities of Tehran, who took part in distance education in the academic year of 2014 to 2015. Overall, 390 students were selected by the random classified sampling method. For gathering data, 2 instruments were used. One for measuring effective distance education components and another for measuring satisfaction of electronic education. The first scale included 24 items with 3 dimensions, including interaction, flexibility and feedback, and the other scale included 20 items with one dimension, being satisfaction. Data were analyzed through the SPSS software, version 21, and statistical methods were used, such as variance analysis, one sample t -test, and multivariate regression analysis. Validity and reliability of both scales were confirmed through content, convergent validity, and reliability (Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.77 for effective distance education scale and Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.85 for electronic education satisfaction scale).

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Development of the Web Users Self-Efficacy Scale (WUSE)

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Pre-service Teachers' Learning Object Development: A Case Study in K-12 Setting

Pre-service Teachers' Learning Object Development: A Case Study in K-12 Setting

Finger Length Digit Ratio and Gender Differences in Sensation Seeking and Internet Self-Efficacy

Assessment of Electronic Education Student’s Perception of Effective Distance Education Components to Explain Satisfaction of Electronic Education

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