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Main Authors: Kilickaya, Ferit, Krajka, Jaroslaw
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 2015
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED569915
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author Kilickaya, Ferit
Krajka, Jaroslaw
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Krajka, Jaroslaw
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Krajka, Jaroslaw
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contents Ethical Issues of ICT Use by Teacher Trainers: Use of E-Books in Academic Settings Kilickaya, Ferit Krajka, Jaroslaw Textbooks Electronic Publishing Ethics Technology Uses in Education Teacher Educators Teacher Attitudes Copyrights Questionnaires Use Studies Educational Practices Teacher Surveys Change Strategies Foreign Countries In an attempt to address the issue of ethics in ICT use by university teacher trainers, the current study aimed to investigate academics' downloading and sharing e-books as well as the reasons that led them to be involved in this piracy. The participants included 140 teacher trainers working at faculties of education in Turkey, and a questionnaire with ten items on downloading e-books was used as the data collection instrument. The findings revealed that the downloading and sharing e-books was also a common practice among the teacher trainers, not just the students. Several reasons were provided by the participants, the main of which was found to be the participants' not reaching the books they needed in the physical and/or digital library. The findings also revealed the participants were well aware that downloading and sharing e-books without paying to the publisher was illegal.
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spellingShingle Ethical Issues of ICT Use by Teacher Trainers: Use of E-Books in Academic Settings
Kilickaya, Ferit
Krajka, Jaroslaw
Textbooks
Electronic Publishing
Ethics
Technology Uses in Education
Teacher Educators
Teacher Attitudes
Copyrights
Questionnaires
Use Studies
Educational Practices
Teacher Surveys
Change Strategies
Foreign Countries
Ethical Issues of ICT Use by Teacher Trainers: Use of E-Books in Academic Settings Kilickaya, Ferit Krajka, Jaroslaw Textbooks Electronic Publishing Ethics Technology Uses in Education Teacher Educators Teacher Attitudes Copyrights Questionnaires Use Studies Educational Practices Teacher Surveys Change Strategies Foreign Countries In an attempt to address the issue of ethics in ICT use by university teacher trainers, the current study aimed to investigate academics' downloading and sharing e-books as well as the reasons that led them to be involved in this piracy. The participants included 140 teacher trainers working at faculties of education in Turkey, and a questionnaire with ten items on downloading e-books was used as the data collection instrument. The findings revealed that the downloading and sharing e-books was also a common practice among the teacher trainers, not just the students. Several reasons were provided by the participants, the main of which was found to be the participants' not reaching the books they needed in the physical and/or digital library. The findings also revealed the participants were well aware that downloading and sharing e-books without paying to the publisher was illegal.
title Ethical Issues of ICT Use by Teacher Trainers: Use of E-Books in Academic Settings
topic Textbooks
Electronic Publishing
Ethics
Technology Uses in Education
Teacher Educators
Teacher Attitudes
Copyrights
Questionnaires
Use Studies
Educational Practices
Teacher Surveys
Change Strategies
Foreign Countries
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED569915