TEKNOLOJİ KABUL MODELİ ÇERÇEVESİNDE ÖĞRETMEN ADAYLARININ MOBİL TEKNOLOJİLERE YÖNELİK GÖRÜŞLERİNİN İNCELENMESİ / INVESTIGATION OF PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS' OPINIONS TOWARD MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES WITHIN THE FRAME OF TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL

Year 2017, Volume: 5 Issue: 2, 1 - 18, 28.12.2017

Zuhal Çubukçu , Şule Betül Tosuntaş , Kağan Kırcaburun

Abstract

The
purpose of this research is to examine the opinions of prospective teachers
toward mobile technology within the frame of Technology Acceptance Model. This research aims to explain structural equation
model which is formed according to the Technology Acceptance model, in which
teacher candidates' perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, and attitude
variables affecting behavioral intention and usage are related to the use of
mobile technologies. In the study, in order to investigate the causal
relationship between the variables in the theoretical model was used causal research
design. Participants of the
study consisted of 350 teacher candidates from a faculty of education at a
university in Central Anatolia. The data of the study were collected with
scale, including 4 demographic information, 3 questions and 20 items which were
measured using 7 points likert scale, developed by researchers in order to
determine the factors affecting the use of mobile technology by the teacher
candidates. The structural equation model was used to test the relationship
between perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, attitude and behavioral
intentions within the theoretical model which is formed according to Technology
Acceptance Model. In the research,
the good-fit indexes of the total model concurrent contribution of each
variable related to the path analysis performed for the theoretical model for
the relation between the perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, attitude,
behavioral intention and usage were determined. The NFI, the GFI, and the AGFI
were found to be .86, .84, and .80, respectively. The goodness of fit implies
that the values ​​fit the data obtained from the theoretical model. At the same
time, the RMSEA value was set at .08, which seems to be sufficient for
harmonization. Similarly, the ratio of χ2 / df, determined as 3.68, is
indicative of compatibility between observed and reproduced covariance
matrices. As a result of the
study, the perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use of teaching teacher
candidates' attitudes have a positive effect on attitude, and attitude has
positive effect on behavioral intention, and also behavioral intention has a
positive effect on usage.

Keywords

Technology Acceptance Model, mobile technologies, mobile learning, structural equation model

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