An investigation of uses and gratifications for using WEB 2.0 technologies in teaching and learning processes
Although the use of Web 2.0 in higher education has been a hot topic for the last decade, a lack of guidelines on how to use Web 2.0 tools has constrained their wider adoption. Therefore, understanding why and how educators use Web 2.0 is a necessary step towards promoting their effective use in tea...
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| author | Iclal Can Sevinc Gelmez-Burakgazi Ilknur Celik |
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| description | Although the use of Web 2.0 in higher education has been a hot topic for the last decade, a lack of guidelines on how to use Web 2.0 tools has constrained their wider adoption. Therefore, understanding why and how educators use Web 2.0 is a necessary step towards promoting their effective use in teaching and learning. This study draws upon the uses and gratifications perspective to explore faculty members’ uses of Web 2.0 tools in instructional processes in an international higher education context. We gathered data from 15 faculty members via semi-structured interviews as part of a phenomenological study design applying maximum variation sampling. We analyzed the data using content analysis. The results indicated that the faculty members were selective in their use of Web 2.0 tools and utilized a variety of Web 2.0 tools to gratify their cognitive, affective, social integrative and personal integrative needs in relation to instructional processes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9c270e0a400142d7b1a652418ca35eb42023-02-15T16:14:53ZengInformascopeInternational Online Journal of Education and Teaching2148-225X2019-01-016188102504An investigation of uses and gratifications for using WEB 2.0 technologies in teaching and learning processesIclal Can0Sevinc Gelmez-Burakgazi1Ilknur Celik2Middle East Technical University Northern Cyprus CampusHacettepe UniversityMiddle East Technical University Northern Cyprus CampusAlthough the use of Web 2.0 in higher education has been a hot topic for the last decade, a lack of guidelines on how to use Web 2.0 tools has constrained their wider adoption. Therefore, understanding why and how educators use Web 2.0 is a necessary step towards promoting their effective use in teaching and learning. This study draws upon the uses and gratifications perspective to explore faculty members’ uses of Web 2.0 tools in instructional processes in an international higher education context. We gathered data from 15 faculty members via semi-structured interviews as part of a phenomenological study design applying maximum variation sampling. We analyzed the data using content analysis. The results indicated that the faculty members were selective in their use of Web 2.0 tools and utilized a variety of Web 2.0 tools to gratify their cognitive, affective, social integrative and personal integrative needs in relation to instructional processes.http://www.iojet.org/index.php/IOJET/article/view/504 |
| spellingShingle | Iclal Can Sevinc Gelmez-Burakgazi Ilknur Celik An investigation of uses and gratifications for using WEB 2.0 technologies in teaching and learning processes International Online Journal of Education and Teaching |
| title | An investigation of uses and gratifications for using WEB 2.0 technologies in teaching and learning processes |
| title_full | An investigation of uses and gratifications for using WEB 2.0 technologies in teaching and learning processes |
| title_fullStr | An investigation of uses and gratifications for using WEB 2.0 technologies in teaching and learning processes |
| title_full_unstemmed | An investigation of uses and gratifications for using WEB 2.0 technologies in teaching and learning processes |
| title_short | An investigation of uses and gratifications for using WEB 2.0 technologies in teaching and learning processes |
| title_sort | investigation of uses and gratifications for using web 2 0 technologies in teaching and learning processes |
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