Pre-service and In-service Teachers’ Perceptions about Using Web 2.0 in Education

Authors : Recep Cakir, Erman Yukselturk, Ercan Top

Pages : 70-83

Doi:10.17275/per.15.10.2.2

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Publication Date : 2015-08-30

Article Type : Research

Abstract :The purpose of the study was to examine teachers` perceptions about educational technologies, usage frequencies of Web 2.0 technologies, and awareness of these technologies in education. 516 pre-service (308 male and 208 female) who enrolled CEIT departments in education faculties and 317 in-service (229 male and 88 female) ICT teachers who serve in public and private primary schools participated in this study. Three instruments were used for data collection purposes. These instruments included the Views of Educational Technology Scale (VETS), developed by Gomleksiz (2004), the Usage of Web 2.0 Scale (UWS), developed by Ajjan and Hartshorne (2008) developed by the researchers, and the Awareness of Web 2.0 Scale (AWS). Descriptive survey methods was used in this study to collect data. The results of the study showed that the teachers had highly positive feelings about the educational technology usage. The in-service teachers’ views about educational technology were more positive than those of the pre-service teachers. Besides, the pre-service teachers’ scores of attitudes towards and perceived usefulness of Web 2.0 technologies were higher than those of the in-service teachers. It might be suggested that the views of school administrators, university administrators, and faculty members in teacher training programs might be investigated to determine and evaluate the impact of Web 2.0 technologies in a broader sense through various perspectives. 
Keywords : Perceptions about educational technologies, Web 2.0, social media in education, teacher education