E-learning readiness and its correlates among secondary school teachers in Nablus, Palestine

This study explored the readiness levels of the secondary school teachers in Nablus to adopt e-learning in four important aspects: technological, psychological, equipment, and overall e-learning readiness, and the influence of gender on these aspects. A total of 475 teachers (236 males and 239 fem...

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Main Authors:	Trayek, Fuad, Tunku Ahmad, Tunku Badariah, Nordin, Mohamad Sahari
Format:	Book Chapter
Language:	English English
Published:	CRC Press 2014
Subjects:	LB1025 Teaching (principles and practices)
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spelling	iium-369942017-09-19T03:45:01Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/36994/ E-learning readiness and its correlates among secondary school teachers in Nablus, Palestine Trayek, Fuad Tunku Ahmad, Tunku Badariah Nordin, Mohamad Sahari LB1025 Teaching (principles and practices) This study explored the readiness levels of the secondary school teachers in Nablus to adopt e-learning in four important aspects: technological, psychological, equipment, and overall e-learning readiness, and the influence of gender on these aspects. A total of 475 teachers (236 males and 239 females) from 24 secondary schools in Nablus participated in the survey that employed a 23-item questionnaire measuring the readiness constructs on a 5-point Likert scale. The items were first content validated by experts and pilot-tested before being administered to the respondents. The data were analyzed quantitatively using descriptive statistics, independent-samples t-tests, Cohen’s d for effect sizes, and Pearson’s product-moment correlation tests. The results showed that secondary school teachers in Nablus were quite psychologically ready to use e-learning, but this aspect was not equally supported by technological and equipment readiness. Technological, equipment and psychological readiness were all found to be significant correlates of e-learning readiness with quite strong influences. Statistically significant gender differences were detected for technological, equipment and overall e-learning readiness, but not for psychological readiness. However, the magnitude of the differences was considered small based on the interpretation of Cohen’s d for effect sizes. The findings have important implications on what the Palestinian Ministry of Education and Nablus school principals need to put in place in order to better prepare their teachers and schools for e-learning. CRC Press 2014-02-27 Book Chapter PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/36994/1/ELearning_Readiness_recent_trends.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/36994/8/36994_E-learning%20readiness%20and%20its%20correlates_SCOPUS.pdf Trayek, Fuad and Tunku Ahmad, Tunku Badariah and Nordin, Mohamad Sahari (2014) E-learning readiness and its correlates among secondary school teachers in Nablus, Palestine. In: Recent Trends in Social and Behaviour Sciences: Proceedings of the International Congress on Interdisciplinary Behaviour and Social Sciences 2013. CRC Press, Netherlands, pp. 229-234. ISBN 9781138001213 / 9781315775531 http://www.crcnetbase.com/doi/abs/10.1201/b16658-42 10.1201/b16658-42
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description	This study explored the readiness levels of the secondary school teachers in Nablus to adopt e-learning in four important aspects: technological, psychological, equipment, and overall e-learning readiness, and the influence of gender on these aspects. A total of 475 teachers (236 males and 239 females) from 24 secondary schools in Nablus participated in the survey that employed a 23-item questionnaire measuring the readiness constructs on a 5-point Likert scale. The items were first content validated by experts and pilot-tested before being administered to the respondents. The data were analyzed quantitatively using descriptive statistics, independent-samples t-tests, Cohen’s d for effect sizes, and Pearson’s product-moment correlation tests. The results showed that secondary school teachers in Nablus were quite psychologically ready to use e-learning, but this aspect was not equally supported by technological and equipment readiness. Technological, equipment and psychological readiness were all found to be significant correlates of e-learning readiness with quite strong influences. Statistically significant gender differences were detected for technological, equipment and overall e-learning readiness, but not for psychological readiness. However, the magnitude of the differences was considered small based on the interpretation of Cohen’s d for effect sizes. The findings have important implications on what the Palestinian Ministry of Education and Nablus school principals need to put in place in order to better prepare their teachers and schools for e-learning.
format	Book Chapter
author	Trayek, Fuad Tunku Ahmad, Tunku Badariah Nordin, Mohamad Sahari
author_facet	Trayek, Fuad Tunku Ahmad, Tunku Badariah Nordin, Mohamad Sahari
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title	E-learning readiness and its correlates among secondary school teachers in Nablus, Palestine
title_short	E-learning readiness and its correlates among secondary school teachers in Nablus, Palestine
title_full	E-learning readiness and its correlates among secondary school teachers in Nablus, Palestine
title_fullStr	E-learning readiness and its correlates among secondary school teachers in Nablus, Palestine
title_full_unstemmed	E-learning readiness and its correlates among secondary school teachers in Nablus, Palestine
title_sort	e-learning readiness and its correlates among secondary school teachers in nablus, palestine
publisher	CRC Press
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E-learning readiness and its correlates among secondary school teachers in Nablus, Palestine

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