Identifying and Ranking Factors Affecting on Educational Technological Perception based on Digital Research in Mazandaran Universities
Keywords:
Mazandaran universities, Digital research, Educational technological perceptionAbstract
Purpose: Considering the increasing growth and expansion of new technologies in higher education and the importance of identifying the factors affecting it, the present research was conducted with the aime of identifying and ranking the factors affecting on educational technological perception based on digital research in Mazandaran universities.
Methodology: This study was applied in terms of purpose and mixed (qualitative and quantitative) in terms of implementation method. The research population in the qualitative part was experts familiar with the research field of Mazandaran province, which 32 people of them according to the principle of theoretical saturation were selected by purposive sampling method and were subjected to semi-structured interviews. The research population in the quantitative part was faculty members of universities of Mazandaran province (about 12 thousand people), which 326 people of them according to the Krejcie and Morgan table were selected by cluster random sampling method and responded to a researcher-made questionnaire (55 items). The data of the present study were analyzed using content analysis methods in MAXQDA software and exploratory factor analysis and Friedman test in SPSS software.
Findings: The findings of qualitative part showed that the factors affecting on educational technological perception based on digital research had 55 indicators in 8 dimensions of supportive-relational conditions, collaborative learning, supportive-structural conditions, dynamic database, shared ideals, technological organization acceptance, technology-oriented learning, and electronic planning perspective. The findings of quantitative part showed that 39 items with factor loadings higher than 0.40 in 8 mentioned components were identified for the factors affecting on educational technological perception based on digital research. Also, the ranking of the factors affecting on educational technological perception based on digital research included technological organization acceptance, electronic planning perspective, supportive-relational conditions, shared ideals, dynamic database, technological-oriented learning, supportive-structural conditions, and collaborative learning, respectively.
Conclusion: According to the results in order to plan for improving educational technological based on digital research must be prepared the ground for improving the technological organization acceptance, electronic planning perspective, supportive-relational conditions, shared ideals, dynamic database, technological-oriented learning, supportive-structural conditions, and collaborative learning, respectively.
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