Share Paper: Attitudes towards IT and use of LMS in Teacher Education: A Swedish case study

  1. Karin Ekman, Chalmers university of technology, Sweden
  2. Johan Lundin, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
  3. Lars Svensson, University West, Sweden
Tuesday, March 3 4:45 PM-5:15 PM Amazon J

Abstract: In this paper we explore the relation between attitude and use of a university-wide Learning Management System (LMS) among faculty members engaged in teacher education at a large Swedish University. We compare the findings with a control group of educators from the same university, not involved in teacher education. The results reveal that all teachers fail to provide evidence for a correlation between attitude and use, which contest established assumptions in, for instance, the technology acceptance model (TAM). Still we can detect significant differences between teacher educators and other faculty members: Teacher educators are more positive to the potential for ...