Mohammad Ahmadi Deh Qutbaddini; Mohammad Sharafi; Akbar Jadidi Mohammad Abadi
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This study aimed to investigate the role of the characteristics of web-based learning technologies (WLT) in predicting the constructs of Davis' technology acceptance model among teachers. For this purpose, a correlation method was used and data were collected from 150 teachers in Anar city by simple ...
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This study aimed to investigate the role of the characteristics of web-based learning technologies (WLT) in predicting the constructs of Davis' technology acceptance model among teachers. For this purpose, a correlation method was used and data were collected from 150 teachers in Anar city by simple random sampling method using a questionnaire adapted from previous studies and analyzed by path analysis method. The results showed that the direct effect of characteristics of WLT such as ease of finding, and ease of understanding on perceived ease and usefulness of technology use is positive and significant. The result also showed a direct effect of behavioral intention on actual usage, the effects of perceived usefulness and attitude toward use on behavioral intention, the effect of perceived usefulness on attitude toward use, and the effect of perceived ease use on perceived usefulness use is positive and significant but the effect of perceived ease on attitude wasn’t significant. The mediating results showed the serial path of ease of finding, usefulness, attitude, behavioral intention, and actual usage, and the serial path of ease of finding, usefulness, attitude, and behavioral intention use are the most important paths to predict teachers' actual usage and behavioral intention to use of technology. These results showed that teachers' beliefs and attitudes, especially the belief of perceived usefulness and attitudes toward the use of technology play an important role in conveying the effect of ease of understanding and ease of finding technology on the actual usage and behavioral intentions use of technology.
ehsan Mobaraki; Mohammad Sharafi
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the relation of the use of modern communication technologies (satellite, Internet, and virtual social networks) on students' attitude toward the friendship with the opposite sex before marriage in the context of the "Cultivation effects" frameworks, "effects ...
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the relation of the use of modern communication technologies (satellite, Internet, and virtual social networks) on students' attitude toward the friendship with the opposite sex before marriage in the context of the "Cultivation effects" frameworks, "effects of consequences". The method of this study was correlation and data were collected by using a questionnaire from male and female students of state universities, Payame Noor, Islamic Azad University and Arak Medical Sciences University, which were selected by inappropriate Stratified sampling method. Pearson correlation coefficient and hierarchical regression were used to analyze the data. The results of the hierarchical regression analysis showed that among the research variables, using virtual and satellite social networks after sex control, religious beliefs, and the relationship between parents and their children, 26% of the changes in the attitude towards friendship with the opposite sex can be explained. Also, there was no significant relationship between the use of the Internet and the attitude toward the friendship with the opposite sex. Among the variables of control, gender, and religious beliefs, they significantly related the attitude toward the friendship with the opposite sex. In general, the use of satellite, the use of virtual networks, gender, and religious beliefs have been able to explain 62 percent of the variation of the dependent variable in the statistical population of the research.
