期刊名称：Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education
印刷版ISSN：1758-1184
出版年度：2010
卷号：2
期号：2
出版社：University of Glamorgan
摘要：THIS PAPER examines the issues and barriers that inhibit faculty from using technology in instruction. It
uses the diffusion and adoption theory as a means to understand and explain how individuals and organisations
react when an innovation is introduced into their environment. The framework proposed
combines the empirical data from research using concept mapping with the theoretical factors identified
from the literature to create a structured process that identifies the priority issues and barriers to technology
adoption. Multidimensional scaling and cluster analysis were used to analyse the data gathered
from the brainstorming session. A barrier definition and classification scheme was created and used to
connect issues to barriers of adoption. Descriptive mixed methods approach was also used to develop a
pictorial multivariate conceptual framework for understanding the relationships between issues and barriers
to adopting instructional technology. Findings suggest that as a higher education institution in the
early adoption phase of using instructional technology approaches critical mass of faculty users, it must
address the issues of the critical mass, in order for the mainstream faculty to see the utility in the use of
instructional technology in the classroom. This research lays the foundation for further research into the
development of a systematic process or approach for managing the diffusion and adoption of technology
in instruction at an institute of higher education.
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