Research Article

Effects of Face To Face and E-Learning Trainings on Improving In-Service Teachers Educational Internet Use Self-Efficacy Beliefs

Volume: 6 Number: 2 October 31, 2019
  • Özcan Erkan Akgün
  • Murat Topal *
  • İbrahim Duman
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Effects of Face To Face and E-Learning Trainings on Improving In-Service Teachers Educational Internet Use Self-Efficacy Beliefs

Abstract

The study aimed to find out the effects of face to face and e-learning trainings for improving teachers’ educational Internet use self-efficacy beliefs (EIUSEB) and determine the suitable approaches to be used in the future to improve teachers’ EIUSEB. The sample consisted of 16 teachers from various disciplines — 8 teaching face-to-face and 8 teaching online who voluntarily participated and working in high schools affiliated to the Ministry of National Education (MoNE) in Turkey, Sakarya. This study had a pre-test-posttest matched control group quasi-experimental design within the subject limitation of the study. The “EIUSEB Scale for High School Teachers” developed by Akgün, Topal and Duman (2017) was used as the data collection instrument. Moreover, face-to-face interviews were conducted with the teachers participating in the experimental process. According to the results of the analysis, the both teaching approaches enhanced the self-efficacy beliefs of the participants to use the Internet in teaching and learning processes. However, the face-to-face training was found to be more preferable by the participants, to increase the participants’ EIUSEB gain scores more than the online training. During the interviews, the participants recommended that the professional development trainings should (1) be given in an informal structure, (2) be practice-oriented and (3) given during the school seminars, and that (4) the e-learning platform should be usable by mobile devices, and its content should be more video-based. It is also suggested that self-efficacy beliefs be seen as one of the indicators of quality in education for tapping into teachers’ Internet integration to teaching and learning processes.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Other Fields of Education

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Özcan Erkan Akgün This is me
Türkiye

Murat Topal * This is me
Türkiye

İbrahim Duman This is me
Türkiye

Publication Date

October 31, 2019

Submission Date

July 8, 2019

Acceptance Date

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Published in Issue

Year 2019 Volume: 6 Number: 2

APA
Akgün, Ö. E., Topal, M., & Duman, İ. (2019). Effects of Face To Face and E-Learning Trainings on Improving In-Service Teachers Educational Internet Use Self-Efficacy Beliefs. Osmangazi Journal of Educational Research, 6(2), 80-92. https://izlik.org/JA59BF86HY
AMA
1.Akgün ÖE, Topal M, Duman İ. Effects of Face To Face and E-Learning Trainings on Improving In-Service Teachers Educational Internet Use Self-Efficacy Beliefs. OJER. 2019;6(2):80-92. https://izlik.org/JA59BF86HY
Chicago
Akgün, Özcan Erkan, Murat Topal, and İbrahim Duman. 2019. “Effects of Face To Face and E-Learning Trainings on Improving In-Service Teachers Educational Internet Use Self-Efficacy Beliefs”. Osmangazi Journal of Educational Research 6 (2): 80-92. https://izlik.org/JA59BF86HY.
EndNote
Akgün ÖE, Topal M, Duman İ (October 1, 2019) Effects of Face To Face and E-Learning Trainings on Improving In-Service Teachers Educational Internet Use Self-Efficacy Beliefs. Osmangazi Journal of Educational Research 6 2 80–92.
IEEE
[1]Ö. E. Akgün, M. Topal, and İ. Duman, “Effects of Face To Face and E-Learning Trainings on Improving In-Service Teachers Educational Internet Use Self-Efficacy Beliefs”, OJER, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 80–92, Oct. 2019, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA59BF86HY
ISNAD
Akgün, Özcan Erkan - Topal, Murat - Duman, İbrahim. “Effects of Face To Face and E-Learning Trainings on Improving In-Service Teachers Educational Internet Use Self-Efficacy Beliefs”. Osmangazi Journal of Educational Research 6/2 (October 1, 2019): 80-92. https://izlik.org/JA59BF86HY.
JAMA
1.Akgün ÖE, Topal M, Duman İ. Effects of Face To Face and E-Learning Trainings on Improving In-Service Teachers Educational Internet Use Self-Efficacy Beliefs. OJER. 2019;6:80–92.
MLA
Akgün, Özcan Erkan, et al. “Effects of Face To Face and E-Learning Trainings on Improving In-Service Teachers Educational Internet Use Self-Efficacy Beliefs”. Osmangazi Journal of Educational Research, vol. 6, no. 2, Oct. 2019, pp. 80-92, https://izlik.org/JA59BF86HY.
Vancouver
1.Özcan Erkan Akgün, Murat Topal, İbrahim Duman. Effects of Face To Face and E-Learning Trainings on Improving In-Service Teachers Educational Internet Use Self-Efficacy Beliefs. OJER [Internet]. 2019 Oct. 1;6(2):80-92. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA59BF86HY