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Predicting educators’ use of Twitter for professional learning and development. Education and Information Technologies
Education and Information Technologies
(2019)
Abstract
This paper proposes and tests a conceptual model of educators’ Twitter adoption for professional learning and development based on technology adoption model and related literature. To understand the factors that may affect educators’ adoption of Twitter for professional learning and development, a questionnaire was designed and administered to 305 participants with the majority (88.5%) being 31 or older to measure the research constructs. A structural equation model was constructed to examine the relationships among factors that affect this adoption process. The results suggest that the research framework integrating multiple perspectives provides a comprehensive understanding of educators’ intention and actual use of Twitter for professional learning and development. Specifically, educators’ attitude of adoption and the purpose of Twitter usage had a significant direct effect on educators’ intention and actual use of Twitter for professional learning and development. The study suggests, to encourage educators to adopt Twitter for professional learning and development, we need to help them understand the usefulness of Twitter, whether its usage fits with their learning tasks, as well as for what purposes they are going to use it.
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Publication Date
2019
Citation Information
Gao, F. & Li, L. (2019). Predicting educators’ use of Twitter for professional learning and development. Education and Information Technologies. 24(4), 2311–2327. DOI: 10.1007/s10639-019-09872-9