Adoption of new technologies in instructional design: a case study of communications faculty at Florida Community College at Jacksonville integrating an instructional web-based writing tool, my ACCESS into communications courses

The purpose of this study was to gather the perceptions of faculty in focus groups and individual interviews as they adopt new technology over time. My ACCESS, a Web based instructional writing tool was introduced to the faculty during the course of the four-month study. A frustration often conveyed by faculty in dealing with technology is time and the technical expertise required to understand computer-based technology and its relevance to improving the teaching and learning process, compounded by the problem of having little or no research data available to support the claims of its effectiveness (Dawes, 2001). Specifically, this study presents data that has been collected, recorded, and analyzed for the purpose of describing the adoption process of how communications faculty at Florida Community College at Jacksonville (FCCJ) adopt new technology over time. Full-time communications faculty who teach writing in their courses (Reading, English, Developmental, Adult Basic Education, and GED) were included in the study. Instructional design theories (adoption, learning, and motivation theories) were compared to the perceptions and experiences of the communications faculty that participated in the study.

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy

Level thesis:degree_level

Doctoral

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Educational Administration

Grantor

The University of Texas at Austin

Year dc:date.issued

2005

Author dc:creator

• Moore, Mable J.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Moore, William

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works.

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Identifier

b59940785

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repositories.lib.utexas.edu:2152/1635