Empowering University Lecturers in the Digital Age: Exploring the Factors Influencing the Use of Digital Technologies in Higher Education
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Literature Review
2.1. University Lecturer Attitude and Self-Efficacy
2.2. Training and Self-Efficacy
2.3. Self-Efficacy and Use of DTs
3. Methods
3.1. Objective
3.2. Participants
3.3. Procedure
3.4. Measures
3.5. Data Analysis
4. Results
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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M (SD) | α | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
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1. Interest in using DTs | 3.06 (0.89) | 0.82 | ||||
2. Perception of DTs | 3.65 (0.77) | 0.88 | 0.43 * | |||
3. Attitude towards VCs | 3.42 (0.74) | 0.92 | 0.36 * | 0.44 * | ||
4. DTs’ self-efficacy | 3.65 (0.75) | 0.82 | 0.24 * | 0.41 * | 0.59 * | |
5. Training in DTs | 2.42 (0.60) | 0.92 | 0.25 * | 0.26 * | 0.28 * | 0.43 * |
Variable | B | β | SE |
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Constant | 0.73 | 0.20 ** | |
Perception of DTs | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.04 * |
Attitudes towards VCs | 0.45 | 0.44 | 0.05 ** |
Training in DTs | 0.33 | 0.26 | 0.05 ** |
R2 | 0.44 |
Variable | B | β | SE |
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Constant | 2.00 | 0.25 ** | |
Self-efficacy | 0.29 | 0.24 | 0.06 ** |
R2 | 0.06 |
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Azanza, G.; Korres, O.; Paños-Castro, J.; Petchamé, J. Empowering University Lecturers in the Digital Age: Exploring the Factors Influencing the Use of Digital Technologies in Higher Education. Educ. Sci. 2024, 14, 728. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14070728
Azanza G, Korres O, Paños-Castro J, Petchamé J. Empowering University Lecturers in the Digital Age: Exploring the Factors Influencing the Use of Digital Technologies in Higher Education. Education Sciences. 2024; 14(7):728. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14070728
Chicago/Turabian StyleAzanza, Garazi, Oihane Korres, Jessica Paños-Castro, and Josep Petchamé. 2024. "Empowering University Lecturers in the Digital Age: Exploring the Factors Influencing the Use of Digital Technologies in Higher Education" Education Sciences 14, no. 7: 728. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14070728