A presentation delivered at the 16th Annual Sloan Consortium in Orlando, Florida on November 4, 2010

1. What Teachers Think About Web 2.0
Technologies in Education?
Steve C. Yuen, Ph.D.
The University of Southern Mississippi
and
Patrivan K. Yuen, M.A., M.Ed., & M.L.I.S
William Carey University
16th Annual Sloan Consortium International Conference on Online Learning
Orlando, Florida, November 4, 2010

2. Source: Alec Couros (2008), Networked Possibilities,
http://www.slideshare.net/courosa/networked-possibilities

4. Web 2.0 allows learners to:
create

5. Web 2.0 allows learners to:
contribute

6. Web 2.0 allows learners to:
collaborate

7. Web 2.0 allows learners to:
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connect

8. Web 2.0 allows learners to:
share

9. participate in
a learning community
Web 2.0 allows learners to:

10. Background
 The “digital native” students have already found many Web 2.0
tools integral to their daily life
 Many researchers have found that perceived usefulness, or the
extent to which an individual believes that the use of technology
will enhance performance, has a positive influence on behavioral
intention (Davis, 1989; Hartshorne, Ajjan, and Ferdig, 2010;
Roger 2003; Taylor & Todd, 1995)
 The greater the perceived usefulness of a technological
application, the more likely it is for the individual to use the new
technology (Hartshorne, Ajjan, and Ferdig, 2010; Rogers, 2003).
 Studies of teachers’ perceptions and opinions are critical because
teachers’ perceptions are significant to the implementation of
technology innovations in teaching and learning.

11. Pilot Study
 Conducted in July 2009. A total of 35 participants in
two graduate classes in a public university in Taiwan.
Most of the participants were K-12 teachers.
 Participants show positive perceptions of the
pedagogical benefits of Web 2.0 tools in teaching and
learning
 Participants have positive experience in using blogs,
social videos, social networking sites, wikis, and
podcasts
 The most often used Web tools by teachers are blogs,
social videos, social networking sites, and wikis

12. Purposes
Examine teachers’ use of Web 2.0 tools in
education
Assess teachers’ awareness and perceptions
of the pedagogical benefits of Web 2.0
technologies in teaching and learning
Investigate teachers’ interests and willingness
of adopting Web 2.0 tools to support and
supplement classroom instruction

13. Participants
Teachers at all levels in Mississippi
Participants at the 2010 Mississippi
Educational Computing Association (MECA)
Conference
Participants at the 2010 Creating Futures
Through Technology Conference (CFTTC)

14. Design and Instrument
 A quantitative approach was used to collect data from a
questionnaire
 The questionnaire is comprised of three parts:
 Part 1 includes 13 demographic items for respondents,
including items such as age, gender, years of teaching,
online habits, and general attitude of using technology in
education
 Part 2 contains 20 items exploring the participants’ use of
Web 2.0 tools or services
 Part 3 includes 32 five point Likert-scale items examining
teachers’ perceptions and interests of using Web 2.0 tools
in teaching and learning

15. Reliability and Validity of the
Instrument
 Content validity
A jury of experts to determine the
appropriateness and content validity of the
Section II and Section III
Comments and feedback were used to refine the
instrument
 Reliability
A reliability was conducted for the 20 items of
Section III (Perceptions)
Cronbach’s coefficient α was 0.98, indicating
excellent reliability

16. Participant
Demographics

17. Own a cell phone that is capable of
accessing the Internet
19%
10%
71%
No, and don't plan to purchase one in a year
No, but plan to purchase one in a year
Yes

18. Information and communication
technologies made my life:
91%
6% 3%
Easier
More Complicated
No Difference

20. Use of Web 2.0 Tools

21. Overall Experience with
Web 2.0 Tools

22. Perceptions of Web 2.0 Tools

23. Perceptions of Web 2.0 Tools

24. Interested in Learning
Web 2.0 Tools

25. Very Likely (43%)
Likely (40%)
Undecided (11%)
Unlikely (5%)
Very Unlikely (1%)
Interested in Taking a Course
to Learn about Web 2.0 Tools

26. Importance of Web 2.0 Tools
Overall, I feel it is important to learn the
new interactive Web tools for teaching and
learning
Strongly Agree (48%)
Agree (42%)
Neutral (8%)
Disagree (1%)
Strongly Disagree (1%)

27. ANOVA
 Are there differences in teachers’ overall experience using Web
2.0 tools in teaching and learning, teachers’ perception on Web
2.0 in teaching and learning, teachers’ interest in learning
interactive Web 2.0 tools among various groups of teachers in
terms of their teaching levels and length of teaching
experience.
 ANOVAs were performed to answer this question:
 No significance differences were found on teachers’ perception on
Web 2.0 in teaching and learning and teachers’ interest in learning
interactive Web 2.0 tools among various groups of teachers in
terms of their teaching levels and length of teaching experience.
 No significance differences were found on teachers’ overall
experience with Web 2.0 among various groups of teachers in
terms of their teaching levels.
 Significance differences (p<0.5) were found on teachers’ overall
experience with Web 2.0 among various groups of teachers in
terms of their length of teaching experience.

28. Conclusion
 The most often used Web tools by teachers are
social networking sites and social video tools
 Teachers have positive experience in using social
videos, social networking sites, and podcasts
 Teachers show positive perceptions of the
pedagogical benefits of Web 2.0 tools in teaching
and learning
 Teachers feel the importance of Web 2.0 tools and
are interested in learning these tools to support
and supplement classroom instruction
 The results confirm the findings in the pilot study.
However, teachers in the pilot study used Web 2.0
tools more often than the current study and had
better overall experiences with Web 2.0 tools

29. The End
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