The web 2.0 workshop for the teacher candidates: A mixed method research

Abstract

"The the study’s aim was to find out the effect of the Web 2.0 workshop on the teacher candidates’ technopedagogical education competencies and self-efficacy beliefs in developing Web 2.0 content. Besides, the teacher candidates’ views were asked about the workshop. A research design of a mixed method was used. In the quantitative part, the pre- and post-test single group experimental design was used, and in the qualitative part, the case study design was used. The research group consisted of 33 teacher candidates enrolled in a faculty of education at a university in western Turkey. To gather the quantitative and qualitative data, two scales and one questionnaire with open-ended questions were applied. A workshop was organized to teach the Web 2.0 tools to the teacher candidates in the study. While the scales were used as the pre- and post-test, the teacher candidates’ views regarding the workshop were collected with the questionnaire. For the quantitative data analysis, the paired samples t-test was used and for the qualitative data analysis the content analysis was used. The study results showed that the Web 2.0 workshop was effective in improving the teacher candidates’ technopedagogical education competencies and self-efficacy beliefs in developing Web 2.0 content. The teacher candidates expressed positive opinions about the workshop."