Perceived Computer Self-efficacy Research Articles

The Effect on the Two Different Instruction Approaches of Media Literacy on Teacher Candidates’ Attitudes towards the Internet and Perceptions of Computer Self-efficacy

Media literacy is generally defined as the ability to access media texts, analyse and evaluate those texts and create one's own media. In this research, the effects of participating or not participatin g in a media literacy instruction (MLI) and two different approaches of media literacy instruction on the attitudes of teacher candidates towards the internet and self-efficacy perception related to computers were investigated. A total of 158 teacher candidates studying in the department of elementary education participated in this study. This research was conducted by using quasi-experimental design with a post- test only control group. The results indicated that the attitudes scores of the group, who participated in media literacy instruction, towards Internet were higher than who did not. Secondly the research has revealed that the perception of the self-efficacy oriented to computer does not differentiate between teacher candidates who participated in MLI or who did not. Moreover participants receiving education in line with media analyzing approach were observed to differentiate both with respect to attitude and self-efficacy perceptions from those who do not receive media literacy instructions.

Modeling the Impact of Biometric Security on Millennials’ Protection Motivation

Security researchers and managers would like to know the best ways of introducing new innovations and motivating their use. This study applies Protection Motivation Theory to model the coping and threat appraisals that motivate Millennials, who are early technology adopters, to adopt or resist biometric security for system access. One hundred fifty-nine Millennials were given a hypothetical scenario in which system access would be enhanced by biometric security to strengthen user authentication. The authors model the results with PLS and find that Protection Motivation Theory provides a good explanation of the user’s perceptions of biometric security. The model suggests that the users’ protection motivation is influenced directly by the Perceived System Response Efficacy of the biometric system and indirectly by Perceived Effort Expectancy, Perceived Computer Self-Efficacy, Perceived Privacy Invasion and Perceived System Vulnerability. Implications and limitations of the model are discussed.

Computer Self-efficiency of Pre-service IT Teachers

Within FATIH Project, it’s aimed to use information technology more effectively in learning environments and targeted to make technological infrastructure improvements in schools. For this process information technology teachers play a key role. Thus, Information Technologies (IT) pre-service teachers’ computer self-efficiency perceptions were examined. In the study, a survey model was used and the sample included 200 Computer Education and Instructional Technologies (CEIT) students in two different universities. Relationships between the perceptions of computer self-efficacy of CEIT students and variables such as gender, graduated high school type, place of department preference, grade level and university type were examined by using computer self-efficacy scale that was developed by Orhan ve Akkoyunlu (2003). As a result, it’s indicated that; Male pre-service teachers have higher computer self-efficacy perceptions than female pre-service teachers, Pre-service teachers that were graduated from vocational high school have higher computer self-efficacy perceptions than pre-service teachers that were graduated from general high school, Junior and senior pre-service teachers have higher computer self-efficacy than freshmen. Finally, the research indicated that place of department preference have no effect on the computer self-efficacy perceptions, also there isn’t a significant difference in computer self-efficacy perceptions among pre-service teachers from different universities.

Attitudes to technology, perceived computer self-efficacy and computer anxiety as predictors of computer supported education

There is a large body of research regarding computer supported education, perceptions of computer self-efficacy, computer anxiety and the technological attitudes of teachers and teacher candidates. However, no study has been conducted on the correlation between and effect of computer supported education, perceived computer self-efficacy, computer anxiety and attitude to technology and which additionally explains their relationship to each other. This research is conducted in order to test the effect levels among the latent variables of attitude to technology, perceived computer self-efficacy, computer anxiety and the attitude toward doing computer supported education and these latent variables' ratios to each other. For this, eight hypotheses were developed in light of theoretical information by reviewing the literature. This research is done by using Technology Attitude Scale, Perceived Computer Self-Efficacy Scale, Computer Anxiety Scale and The Attitude Scale toward Applying Computer Supported Education. The participant group of the research consists of 471 pre-service teachers. Exploratory factor analyses of scales were analyzed via SPSS 16.0 software. For the confirmatory factor analyses of scales and the structural equation modeling, AMOS 17.0 software was used. The most significant finding of this study is that attitude to technology, perceived computer self-efficacy and computer anxiety are important predictors of teacher candidates' attitude toward using computer supported education.

Computer skills instruction for pre-service teachers: A comparison of three instructional approaches

The computer self-efficacy of teachers contributes positively to their technology integration self-efficacy. Many studies have examined instructional strategies that foster computer self-efficacy but not their corresponding impact on teachers’ technology integration self-efficacy. This study investigated the instructional strategies used for pre-service teacher computer skills instruction and their corresponding impact on teacher computer self-efficacy and technology integration self-efficacy. Using a multiple case-study approach, video recordings were made of the class sessions of three participating instructors throughout a semester. Content analysis of these video recordings found the instructors using three approaches of computer skills instruction: Extensive behavioral modeling, targeted behavioral modeling, and independent problem-solving. Analysis of pre and post-study student survey responses also found that the three instructional approaches raised their perceived computer self-efficacy. However, the effect sizes were largest when the independent problem-solving approach was used. This approach was also found to have had better motivational effects on students than the extensive behavioral modeling approach. On the other hand, computer skills instruction increased students’ technology integration self-efficacy only when instructors modeled teaching-related examples and provided students with multiple mastery experiences of technology integration practices. The applications of the three computer skills instructional approaches for teacher education are discussed.

Examination Of Computer Self-Efficacy Perceptions Of The Students Of Geography Education

The purpose of this research is to determine the computer self- efficacy lev- els of the students of geography education, whether their computer self- efficacy perceptions changes according to some variables. The work study group of this research is 184 students at Selcuk University Ahmet Kelesoglu Education Faculty. The research was carried out with the method of relational scanning. The data were collected with personal information form and the scale of computer self-efficacy perception. According to the research results, the computer self-efficacy levels of the students who receive education in geography education are intermediate. The computer self-efficacy levels of the students vary according to their genders, computer experiences, frequency of computer using, conditions of access to the com- puter and time of starting to use the computer.

A Path Analysis of the Impact of Application-Specific Perceptions of Computer Self-Efficacy and Anxiety on Technology Acceptance

Perceptions of computer self-efficacy (CSE) and computer anxiety are valuable predictors of various computer-related behaviors, including acceptance and utilization of information systems (IS). Although both factors are purported to have general and application-specific components, little research has focused on the application or system-specific component, especially in IS acceptance contexts. Thus, little is known about the effects of application-specific beliefs on IS acceptance or how such effects compare with the effects of more general CSE and computer anxiety beliefs. Accordingly, a research model comprising application CSE, application anxiety, perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, attitude, and intention was proposed and tested via path analysis. The results demonstrated that the direct impacts of application CSE and application anxiety on perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness were almost equal, but in opposite directions. However, the indirect effect of application CSE on attitude and intention was stronger than that of application anxiety.

Factors affecting e-collaboration technology use among management students

This paper describes an exploratory study of 225 management students in a medium-sized university in southern Spain. The influences of gender and previous experience as determinants of technology use were analysed. Furthermore, a modified Technology Acceptance Model, using SEM, was applied to explain the influence of perceived computer self-efficacy on the intention to use Internet-based e-collaboration technologies in the learning–teaching process. This was completed with qualitative data from unstructured interviews with ten students. Our results suggest that the management student cannot be considered an advanced user of the Internet. Computer self-efficacy has a positive influence on intention to use the system. This intention is also influenced by attitude towards the system, but not directly by perceived usefulness. These and other contradictory findings are analysed in the paper.

The Relationships among Elective Computer Courses, Perceived Computer Self-Efficacy and the Career Aspirations of Eight-Graders

Son yıllarda, bilgi hızla çoğalmakta ve kültürler arası etkileşim giderek artmaktadır. Bu etkileşimin bir yansıması da bir kültür için geliştirilen psikolojik ölçeklerin başka kültürlerde de kullanılmasıdır. Ölçeklerin farklı kültürlerde kullanılabilmesi için ölçeğin kullanılacağı yeni kültüre ne derece uygun olduğu, yeni kültürdeki psikometrik özelliklerinin (güvenirlik, geçerlik) ne derece yeterli olduğu, ölçeğin yeni kültürdeki psikolojik özellikleri ne derece iyi yansıttığı gibi bir takım sorulara yeterli yanıtların verilmesi gerekir. Ölçeğin çevirisinin farklı bir kültüre yapıldığı ve bu sorulara cevap arandığında, ölçek uyarlama sürecinden söz edilebilir. Bu çalışmada ölçme aracı uyarlama, TIMSS, TIMSS-R, OECD/PISA projeleri, “neden ölçek geliştirme yerine uyarlama?” sorusu, uyarlamanın aşamaları, Uluslararası Test Komisyonu (International Test Commission(ITC)) ve faaliyetleri, ITC’nin test uyarlama rehberine değinilmektedir. Çalışmanın, çeşetli alanlarda ölçek geliştirmeyi veya uyarlamayı planlayan araştırmacılara yol gösterici olacağı beklenmektedir

Gender differences in perceptions and relationships among dominants of e-learning acceptance

This research attempts to extrapolate the results of education research about computer usage and IS research about technology acceptance to e-learning. Based on the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), the objectives of this study are to explore gender differences in perceptions and relationships among dominants affecting e-learning acceptance. A survey of 67 female and 89 male employees taken from six international companies at the Hsin-Chu Science-based Industrial Park in Taiwan shows that men’s rating of computer self-efficacy, perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, and behavioral intention to use e-learning are all higher than women’s. Additionally, we found that women were more strongly influenced by perceptions of computer self-efficacy and ease of use, and that men’s usage decisions were more significantly influenced by their perception of usefulness of e-learning. These findings also suggest that researchers should take into consideration factors of gender in the development and testing of e-learning theories. Managers and co-workers, moreover, should realize that e-learning may be perceived differently by women and men. Based on these findings, implications for theory and practice are discussed.

Gender and Undergraduate Business Students' Perceptions of Computer Self-Efficacy

Among 164 junior and senior business administration students, gender differences in perceptions of computer self-efficacy were identified. Men rated their perceptions of computer skills higher than did women.

Preservice Teachers’ Perceived Computer Self-Efficacy Based on Achievement and Value Beliefs Within A Motivational Framework

AbstractThis study investigated the relationship between preservice teachers’ own achievement- and value-related beliefs about computers and their perceived computer self-efficacy in influencing and helping students in the area of computers as future teachers. Motivation theory was used as a basis to provide a solid conceptual framework. The sample consisted of 222 primary/junior (Grades K–6) preservice teachers enrolled in a teacher-training programme. At the end of the programme, most preservice teachers believed their past computer experiences were successful. Moreover, preservice teachers also believed computers were quite valuable, especially for their children, future students, and society. The only 2 effects found to be significantly related to perceived computer self-efficacy were perceived past success and own value, which was the sum of the value of computers for preservice teachers’ own needs and the value of computers for their career. From univariate tests, own value was found to be a signifi...

The relationship of computer self-efficacy expectations to computer interest and course enrollment in college

Gender differences in perceived self-efficacy for computer use may help account for differential computer interest and course enrollment at the college level. Three hundred sixty-eight students completed a two-page questionnaire assessing perceived computer self-efficacy, plans to take a computer science course, perceived importance of computing skills, and interest in learning about computers. Men rated themselves higher than did women for perceived self-efficacy. They were also more positive on the cognitive outcome measures, but with computer self-efficacy held constant, the magnitude of these differences was decreased, suggesting that perceived self-efficacy may be an important consideration when examining gender differences in computer interest and use.