Tuesday, March 8
10:15-10:45 AM
UTC
Evergreen

What Makes Preservice Teachers Trust Digital Technology?

Full Paper - Book (submit final version now) ID: 31861
  1. Andrea Francis
    Albion College

Abstract: With increased availability of technology, researchers and educators alike must try to understand why teachers choose to use technology for educational purposes. The Computers as Social Actors (CASA) hypothesis (Reeves and Nass, 1996; Nass and Moon, 2000) is used to extend the concept of trust in human-human relationships to trust in human-technology relationships. To explore what factors influence trust in and use of educational technology, an online instrument comprised of a trust in technology instrument created by the author and instruments measuring computer self-efficacy, general trust, risky behavior, and experience with technology was administered to 136 preservice teachers. Exploratory regression analyses found one of the most important factors in participants’ decision to trust and use educational technology in future classes was how positive a person’s experience with technology in teacher education classes.

Presider: Karen McFerrin, Northwestern State University of Louisiana

Topic

Conference attendees are able to comment on papers, view the full text and slides, and attend live presentations. If you are an attendee, please login to get full access.
x