Factors influencing secondary school teachers' adoption of teaching blogs

Computers and Education

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 948-960

  Lai, Hui Min ^a,b   Chen, Chin Pin ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHIENKUO TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blog; Information technology adoption; Innovation diffusion theory; Secondary education

Indexed keywords

BLOG; ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTIC; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; INNOVATION DIFFUSION THEORY; INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY; IT ADOPTION; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; PERCEIVED EASE OF USE; PERCEIVED ENJOYMENT; PERCEIVED USEFULNESS; PERSONAL INNOVATIVENESS; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; RESEARCH RESULTS; SECONDARY EDUCATION; SECONDARY SCHOOLS; TWO SOURCES;

BLOGS; DIFFUSION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION; INTERNET; RESEARCH; SURVEYS;

TEACHING;

EID: 78650117210     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2010.11.010     Document Type: Article

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