Abstract
This research aimed to study factor analysis of smart social media technology to promote professional learning communities for teachers. The sample included 900 teachers in basic education, selected by Simple Random Sampling method. The sample group was divided for exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), 450 each. Research tool was a questionnaire with 5 levels of rating scale. Data were analyzed by exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis. The results of the study revealed that: 1. Exploratory factor analysis of smart social media technology to promote professional learning communities for teachers consisted of 7 components: 1) professional learning communities for teacher, 2) cloud technology, 3) augmented reality, 4) internet of thing, 5) social technology, 6) data analytics technology, and 7) mobile technology and 2. Confirmatory factor analysis of smart social media technology to promote professional learning communities for teachers (SMPLC) found that the model was consistent with the empirical data ( =6.17, df=6, p=0.405).
Highlights
The rapidly changing society and knowledge has led to a focus on teacher development to prepare learners for education in the 21st century [1]
The results of the confirmatory factor analysis of the smart social media technology and professional learning communities for teachers (SMPLC) found that the model was consistent with the empirical data, which can be determined from the chi-square (= 6.17, df = 6, p = 2 0.405) which is not significantly different from zero
The technologies can create a learning system in the smart virtual world and can analyze statistical data that leads to a solution
Summary
The rapidly changing society and knowledge has led to a focus on teacher development to prepare learners for education in the 21st century [1]. This means that teachers and school administrators must keep pace with the constant changes in their professional knowledge [2]. The new challenge, is to expand network cooperation outside the school [4] Such an approach makes it possible to simplify the work of the teacher, extend the learning time for students due to extracurricular time, and implement the “Anytime Anywhere Learning” [5]. Based on advanced technology and the importance of the professional learning community mentioned above, the researcher is interested in conducting factor analysis of smart social media technology to promote professional learning communities for teachers to apply the results to further develop quality learning
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