Educators' Acceptance of Online Platforms for Personal and Professional Development during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Main Authors: Wijewickrama, B.N., Wickramasinghe, V.
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Language:English
Published: Zenodo 2022
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author Wijewickrama, B.N.
Wickramasinghe, V.
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Wickramasinghe, V.
contents <p>With the pandemic, academic activities of education institutes such as teaching, learning, and assessment as well as programmes targeted for educators’ personal and professional development have been transformed to online from physical mode. The use of online platforms has become an essential pedagogical tool. This study investigated educators’ acceptance of online platforms for their personal and professional development during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka. One hundred and ninetynine responses were received for the survey, and data were analysed using statistical methods. The study found the importance of belief structures- attitudinal, normative and control beliefs, and attitude toward the behaviour, subjective norms, and perceived behavioural control in determining educators’ acceptance of online platforms for their personal and professional development purposes. This paper concludes with a discussion on implications of the findings for theory and practice on educators’ acceptance of new technologies for teaching and learning purposes.</p>
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spellingShingle Educators' Acceptance of Online Platforms for Personal and Professional Development during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Wijewickrama, B.N.
Wickramasinghe, V.
Online learning platforms
Digital learning
E-learning adoption
Teacher professional development
Educational technology adoption
Pandemic-driven digital learning
Educators' attitudes toward technology
teachers' acceptance of online learning platforms
Professional development during COVID-19
COVID-19 pandemic
Educators' professional development
Personal development
Technology acceptance
Distance education
Teacher Training
remote learning
<p>With the pandemic, academic activities of education institutes such as teaching, learning, and assessment as well as programmes targeted for educators’ personal and professional development have been transformed to online from physical mode. The use of online platforms has become an essential pedagogical tool. This study investigated educators’ acceptance of online platforms for their personal and professional development during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka. One hundred and ninetynine responses were received for the survey, and data were analysed using statistical methods. The study found the importance of belief structures- attitudinal, normative and control beliefs, and attitude toward the behaviour, subjective norms, and perceived behavioural control in determining educators’ acceptance of online platforms for their personal and professional development purposes. This paper concludes with a discussion on implications of the findings for theory and practice on educators’ acceptance of new technologies for teaching and learning purposes.</p>
title Educators' Acceptance of Online Platforms for Personal and Professional Development during the COVID-19 Pandemic
topic Online learning platforms
Digital learning
E-learning adoption
Teacher professional development
Educational technology adoption
Pandemic-driven digital learning
Educators' attitudes toward technology
teachers' acceptance of online learning platforms
Professional development during COVID-19
COVID-19 pandemic
Educators' professional development
Personal development
Technology acceptance
Distance education
Teacher Training
remote learning
url https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18322281