Share Paper: What Makes Preservice Teachers Trust Digital Technology?

  1. Andrea Francis, Albion College, United States
Tuesday, March 8 10:15-10:45 AM Evergreen

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 ...