Comparing the Internet Usage of Pre-service Language Teachers With Teachers of Other Subjects: Distance Learning vs. On-Campus Learning

FIRAT M., SERPİL H.

PROFILE-ISSUES IN TEACHERS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, vol.19, no.1, pp.55-72, 2017 (ESCI) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 19 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2017
  • Doi Number: 10.15446/profile.v19n1.54184
  • Journal Name: PROFILE-ISSUES IN TEACHERS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
  • Page Numbers: pp.55-72
  • Keywords: Internet in education, open and distance education, pre-service language teachers, PERCEPTIONS, EDUCATION
  • Anadolu University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Teachers play a crucial role in helping individuals gain adequate Internet competency, which requires teachers themselves to be Internet-literate. The purpose of this study is to investigate the Internet use of the distance and on-campus pre-service teachers of language and other disciplines by multiple parameters. A total of 789 teacher candidates participated in this survey. The findings show that the candidate teachers in on-campus and distance-learning programs have an average level of Internet usage adequacy and that the younger candidate teachers and those in higher classes use the Internet more frequently. Pre-service foreign language teachers have been found to have a moderate level of Internet usage frequency, adequacy and technology ownership in comparison with the other preservice teacher groups.