Asynchronous Virtual Education Acceptance of University Faculty During Covid-19
Asynchronous Virtual Education Acceptance of University Faculty During Covid-19
Author(s): Mónica Elva Vaca-Cárdenas, Ermenson Ricardo Ordoñez-Avila, Lorella GABRIELE, Leticia Azucena Vaca-CárdenasSubject(s): Higher Education , Health and medicine and law, ICT Information and Communications Technologies, Sociology of Education
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Covid-19; University Faculty; Asynchronous Virtual Education; ICT; University faculty;
Summary/Abstract: Due to COVID-19, education has been blocked out on a global scale. Most countries around the world stopped educational activities and moved to virtual education. Even though most teachers and students were not prepared, they had to execute this unexpected change. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to measure the Asynchronous Virtual Education Acceptance of university faculty during the COVID-19 pandemic period. An Asynchronous Virtual Education Acceptance Scale for Faculty was designed and validated, which is an adapted version of the TAMPST (Technology Acceptance Measure for Preservice Teachers) questionnaire. A sample of 222 faculty of a public university in the coastal region of Ecuador responded to 28 technology items. The main results showed 75 percent of Faculty acceptance toward Asynchronous Virtual Education with strong correlations between the questions and their factors. It is concluded that training and previous use of the Virtual Platform helped to achieve this acceptance.
Journal: Journal of Ecohumanism
- Issue Year: 3/2024
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 106-120
- Page Count: 15
- Language: English
