Conceptions of Self and the Use of Digital Technologies in a Learning Environment
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| Title: | Conceptions of Self and the Use of Digital Technologies in a Learning Environment |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Benson, D. E., Mekolichick, Jeanne |
| Source: | Education. Sum 2007 127(4):498-510. |
| Availability: | Project Innovation, Inc. P.O. Box 8508 Spring Hill Station, Mobile, AL 36689-0508. Tel: 251-343-1878; Fax: 251-343-1878; Web site: http://www.projectinnovation.biz/education.html |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
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| Page Count: | 13 |
| Publication Date: | 2007 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Evaluative |
| Education Level: | Higher Education |
| Descriptors: | Undergraduate Students, Educational Technology, Educational Environment, Hypothesis Testing, Technology Uses in Education, Technology Integration, Use Studies, Self Concept, Self Efficacy, Psychological Patterns, Questionnaires, Sociology, Student Attitudes, Self Concept Measures, Likert Scales |
| ISSN: | 0013-1172 |
| Abstract: | While research has identified various personality and demographic characteristics that appear to be associated with a variety of activities related to the use of digital technologies (e.g., Biner, Dean & Mellinger, 1994; Biner, Summers, Dean, Bink, Anderson & Gelder, 1996; Black, 1992; Clark, 1993; Figueroa, 1992), little is known about how conceptions of self might influence the use of digital technologies in a learning environment. (Benson, Haney, Ore, Persell, Schulte, Steele & Winfield, 2001). This paper is the first empirical attempt to understand this relationship. Using a sample of undergraduate students (N = 447) and faculty (N= 203) from two public universities in the United States, we examine how students' and faculty's conceptions of self affect the desire to use and success in using digital technologies in a university environment. Using Identity theory (e.g., Burke & Reitzes, 1991; Stryker, 1980), to test 4 hypotheses, regression analyses indicate that conceptions of self are correlated with the desire to use and the success in using digital technologies. These findings may help to inform policies concerning the use of digital technologies in learning environments as well as suggest new hypotheses for further exploration of this relationship. (Contains 6 tables.) |
| Abstractor: | Author |
| Number of References: | 32 |
| Entry Date: | 2008 |
| Access URL: | https://www.projectinnovation.biz/education.html |
| Accession Number: | EJ790130 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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