Technology Anxiety and Implicit Learning Ability Affect Technology Leadership to Promote the use of Information Technology at Elementary Schools

Abstract“Oversold & underused” is a criticism by Cuban (2001) of the investment of information technology (IT) in the classroom. Recently, Taiwan's educational administration has provided considerable financial support to IT in elementary schools, but few reports have provided evidence of its successful use. The present study aims to identify the personal factors that affect principals’ beliefs about the promotion of IT in their schools. 331 data were collected and analyzed with AMOS 19.0. The results of this study indicated that greater technology anxiety was negatively associated with perceived ease of using (PEU) IT, whereas implicit learning ability was positively correlated with perceived usefulness of IT. Technology leadership increased significantly with PEU and perceived usefulness (PU), it is also associated with the intention to overcome difficulties in promoting information technology in schools. The implications of this study may contribute to the reduction of principals’ technology anxiety, increasing their implicit learning ability and therefore fostering the future implementation of IT in schools, changing the myth of technology as “oversold & underused”

Students' experience with online simulation games: From computer anxiety to satisfaction

It is currently of great importance to analyse the experience of the application of new technologies in teaching. This research paper examines the personality traits of students and their environment, which may influence the experience of college students using online simulation games. Previous literature suggests that individuals may feel anxiety when using the computer, which may vary according to their perception of being able to control the situation, their perceived importance of the activities and any prior knowledge that they have. Therefore, the first objective of this research is to analyse the relationship between computer anxiety, locus of control and perceived importance of the computer activities. The second objective is to examine whether this relationship is moderated by knowledge. The third objective is to identify user clusters to examine which factors are most important to explain user satisfaction with online simulation games. Results showed that students experience greater computer anxiety when the situation is perceived as important and the locus of control is high, being these effects moderated by their previous knowledge. Moreover, a cluster analysis threw light on the existence of cluster of users whose satisfaction mainly depends on their game score. These results have implications for both academic and research purposes

LOOKING BENEATH THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG: THE TWO-SIDED NATURE OF CHATBOTS AND THEIR ROLES FOR DIGITAL FEEDBACK EXCHANGE

Enterprises are forecasted to spend more on chatbots than on mobile app development by 2021. Up to today little is known on the roles chatbots play in facilitating feedback exchange. However, digitization and automation put pressure on companies to setup digital work environments that enable reskilling of employees. Therefore, a structured analysis of feedback-related chatbots for Slack was conducted. Our results propose six archetypes that reveal the roles of chatbots in facilitating feedback exchange on performance, culture and ideas. We show that chatbots do not only consist of conversational agents integrated into instant messenger but are tightly linked to complementary front-end systems such as mobile and web apps. Like the upper part of an iceberg, the conversational agent is above water and visible within the chat, whereas many user interactions of feedback-related chatbots are only possible outside of the instant messenger. Further, we extract six design principles for chatbots as digital feedback systems. We do this by analyzing chatbots and linking empirically observed design features to (meta-)requirements derived from explanatory theory on feedback, self-determination and persuasive systems. The results suggest that chatbots benefit the social environment of conversation agents and the richness of the graphical user interface of external applications

Two faces of narcissism on SNS: The distinct effects of vulnerable and grandiose narcissism on SNS privacy control

a b s t r a c t This study suggests narcissism as an important psychological factor that predicts one's behavioral intention to control information privacy on SNS. Particularly, we approach narcissism as a two-dimensional construct-vulnerable and grandiose narcissism-to provide a better understanding of the role of narcissism in SNS usage. As one of the first studies to apply a two-dimensional approach to narcissism in computer-mediated communication, our results show that vulnerable narcissism has a significant positive effect on behavioral intention to control privacy on SNS, while grandiose narcissism has no effect. This effect was found when considering other personality traits, including self-esteem, computer anxiety, and concern for information privacy. The results indicate that unidimensional approaches to narcissism cannot solely predict SNS behaviors, and the construct of narcissism should be broken down into two orthogonal constructs

Do Individual Characteristics Influence the Types of Technostress Reported by Workers?

Based on the perspective that the diversity of the workforce has implications for attitudes and behaviors at the individual and group levels, this article examines the role of individual differences related to gender, age, formal education, and length of professional experience in the levels of stress caused by the use of information technology (IT) in the daily activities of workers. This phenomenon, termed in the literature as technostress, is studied by identifying and measuring the factors that create technostress (the technostress creator factors: techno-uncertainty, techno-invasion, techno-overload, and techno- complexity). The technostress phenomenon is related to the most varied types of disorders in workers and losses in organizations, such as fatigue, dissatisfaction, anxiety, and reduced productivity. To achieve the goal of this research, we applied structural equation models in a sample of 927 questionnaires completed by 14 different Brazilian public institutions that were distributed among all regions of the country and that were strongly dependent on IT for their main business processes. The results indicate that workers’ demographic characteristics relate to one another differently and specifically with the various forms of manifestation of technostress. More precisely, older workers or those with longer professional experience reported greater difficulties with the increase of technological complexity for the execution of tasks (techno-complexity). Women reported being subject to higher levels of techno- complexity and techno-uncertainty, while men indicated feeling greater effects from techno-overload and techno-invasion. We did not detect differences related to the levels of formal education of workers. This study presents the implications of the results for theory and for the everyday life of modern organizations that are increasingly dependent on the use of IT.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

The Role of Narcissism on Concerns for SNS Privacy: Vulnerable Narcissism in Threatening Situations

This study aims to identify psychological factors that predict one\u27s likelihood to disengage with privacy-threatening activities on Social Networking Sites (SNS). Particularly, it pays special attention to the concept of narcissism and its impact on one\u27s response to SNS privacy-threatening situations. By evaluating narcissism in two different ways --- grandiose and vulnerable --- the study attempts to provide a better understanding of the role of narcissism in SNS usage and concerns over privacy issues. Study I shows that vulnerable narcissism has a significant influence on consumers\u27 likelihood of disengaging with privacy-threatening activities on SNS while grandiose narcissism has no influence. Self-esteem, computer anxiety, and concern for information privacy also have significant influence on consumers\u27 responses to privacy-threatening events on SNS. Study II further suggests that when people experience interpersonal rejection threats on SNS, the effect of vulnerable narcissism on one\u27s intention to disengage with privacy-threatening activity is largely attenuated. The findings from two studies offer insight into the psychological process by which narcissism influences privacy concerns over SNS in both macro and micro levels

Understanding user characteristics as antecedents of technostress towards HRMIS: a mixed-method Study

This study aims to explore the effects of user characteristics as antecedents of technostress towards human resource management information system (HRMIS) in government agencies of Malaysia. To address the research objective, we conducted an exploratory mixed-method study which involved both the semi-structured interviews with HRMIS experts from three state governments of Malaysia and the survey questionnaire of HRMIS end-users. Findings from the content analysis of the interview data have identified three key characteristics of users, namely, attitude, technology readiness, and readiness for change, and have suggested that these characteristics are relevant antecedents of technostress. The PLS analysis from the quantitative survey results have revealed that the experiences of technostress towards HRMIS can be influenced only by user’s attitude. From the theoretical aspects and practical implications, this study provides the researchers insights and understanding of the phenomena for future exploratory studies and valuable guidance for the practitioners to manage strains associated with technostress both in the public and the private sectors. More importantly, this study has not only provided new empirical evidence that extends the generalizability of previous findings particularly on technostress and job outcomes but also different from previous studies in the field of information system by examining the antecedents of technostress in the context of human resource information system (HRIS)

Understanding user characteristics as antecedents of technostress towards HRMIS: a mixed-method study

This study aims to explore the effects of user characteristics as antecedents of technostress towards human resource management information system (HRMIS) in government agencies of Malaysia. To address the research objective, we conducted an exploratory mixed-method study which involved both the semi-structured interviews with HRMIS experts from three state governments of Malaysia and the survey questionnaire of HRMIS end-users. Findings from the content analysis of the interview data have identified three key characteristics of users, namely, attitude, technology readiness, and readiness for change, and have suggested that these characteristics are relevant antecedents of technostress. The PLS analysis from the quantitative survey results have revealed that the experiences of technostress towards HRMIS can be influenced only by user’s attitude. From the theoretical aspects and practical implications, this study provides the researchers insights and understanding of the phenomena for future exploratory studies and valuable guidance for the practitioners to manage strains associated with technostress both in the public and the private sectors. More importantly, this study has not only provided new empirical evidence that extends the generalizability of previous findings particularly on technostress and job outcomes but also different from previous studies in the field of information system by examining the antecedents of technostress in the context of human resource information system (HRIS)

Preliminary model for computer based assessment acceptance in developing countries

In information systems study, computerized testing has evolved into what it is today as a result of the technological advancements. It has been a preferred form of assessment in some educational establishment since assessment process is considered to be fair, faster and reliable. However, a number of studies have provided evidence supporting a direct relationship between computer anxiety and computer utilization. The computer anxiety research clearly shows that a highly computer apprehensive individual will be at a great disadvantage compared to his/her peers. Quite a lot of technology acceptance studies in the field of education have been carried out, but a majority of them have been on the use of e-learning. Most of these studies used TAM as the base model and extended it with other constructs. Only very few studies used TAM without extending it. In comparison with e-assessment acceptance, just little research work has been done; the majority of the work has been done by Terzis and Economides. However, till date it is quite incomprehensible if the potential advantages of CBAs have been fully implemented due to many factors affecting its acceptance. The researchers investigate this by using a systematic literature review to explore these factors, and establish suitable technology acceptance model that would minimize fear associated with computer usage. This study is expected to help the education decision makers towards implementing a solid CBA system for secondary school students. Therefore this research is a research in progress review paper which is designed to understand the issues relating to CBA acceptance and implementation issues

The hermeneutic circle as a means of illustration of the understanding problem when teaching didactic communications

Introduction. The digitalisation of the education system has increased the importance of acquiring digital competencies. At the same time, soft-competencies changed their structure and acquired a specific digital component. Didactic communications, based on the acquisition of all three groups of competencies - soft, hard and digital, have been changed, especially in the field of information technology. Those cognitive and communicative difficulties, which were previously easily solved with direct contact, now require special soft-competencies of the teacher. The processes of the search for solutions to problems and the formulation of such problems become more acute. There is an urgent need to find ways to solve the problem of raising the effectiveness of cognitive interactions. Therefore, one such way could be the method for analysing the leading type of cognitive interactions in training through a hermeneutic approach. The aims of the present research are the following: to reveal scientific and methodological aspects of application of the hermeneutic approach in didactic communications training for vocational teachers; to demonstrate the example of a graphical representation of the model of the hermeneutic circle concerning cognitive processes for studying regulatory texts; to form the main provisions for the theory of preparation for effective professional communications as a tool for acquiring workplace flexibility skills. Methodology and research methods. The theoretical and methodological component of the research is based on hermeneutic, system-activity and integrative approaches. The main research findings are drawn upon the cognitive theory (theory of cognitive processes). mpirical research data were obtained through the included observation method, as well as through testing among the trainees. Results. A hermeneutic circle model was demonstrated. Such a model is the basis of the authors’ methodology for teaching didactic communications in the field of information technologies. The basics of the theory of preparation for effective professional communications were developed. A fundamental tool was described showing the effectiveness of the application of the hermeneutic approach. The publication discloses a mechanism for understanding and interpreting a user algorithm. For the first time, the hermeneutic circle model is presented for understanding and interpreting user instructions by people of socionomic professions. The obtained theoretical and practical results can be interpolated into any scientific sphere, which is studied in the framework of primary vocational education in university or college degree programmes. Scientific novelty. The publication considers the hermeneutic circle model as a visual image that illustrates the specifics of cognitive processes when studying user algorithms as the basis for information exchange in the field of IT. The model demonstrates the reasons for the appearance of “weaknesses” when providing training for teachers in didactic communications in the field of IT. Practical significance. Since the issue of teaching workplace flexibility skills remains open at the level of theoretical and practical tools, there are some prerequisites for its development. The publication can be recommended to educators involved in the development of integrative disciplines aimed at improving communication skills. The main theoretical provisions are considered through the example of didactic communications in the field of IT.Введение. Цифровизация системы образования привела к усилению важности приобретения digital-компетенций. При этом soft-компетенции поменяли свою структуру и приобрели специфику, определенную digital-составляющей. Претерпели изменения дидактические коммуникации в области информационных технологий, основанные на владении всеми тремя группами компетенций - soft, hard и digital. Те когнитивные и коммуникативные трудности, которые ранее легко решались при непосредственном контакте, требуют теперь особых soft-компетенций педагога. Обострились процессы поиска не только решения проблемы, но и ее формулирования. В данной публикации рассматривается инструментарий повышения эффективности когнитивных взаимодействий, основанный на использовании герменевтического подхода и рассматриваемый применительно к процессу профессиональной подготовки. Цель настоящей работы - раскрыть научно-методологические аспекты применения герменевтического подхода в подготовке педагогов профессионального обучения к дидактическим коммуникациям; предложить графическое представление модели герменевтического круга применительно к когнитивным процессам изучения регулятивных текстов; сформировать основные положения теории подготовки к эффективным профессиональным коммуникациям. Методы и методики исследования. В основе теоретико-методологической составляющей работы лежат герменевтический, системно-деятельностный и интегративный подходы. Основные выводы исследования опираются на теорию познания (теорию когнитивных процессов). Эмпирические данные исследования были получены посредством метода включенного наблюдения, а также тестирования обучающихся. Результаты. Предложена модель герменевтического круга, которая лежит в основе авторской методики обучения дидактическим коммуникациям в области информационных технологий. Сформированы основы теории подготовки к эффективным профессиональным коммуникациям, описан основополагающий инструмент, показывающий эффективность применения герменевтического подхода. В публикации раскрыт механизм понимания и интерпретации пользовательского алгоритма, впервые представлена модель герменевтического круга применительно к пониманию и интерпретации пользовательских инструкций людьми социономических профессий. Полученные теоретические и практические результаты могут быть интерполированы на любую научную сферу, которая изучается в рамках первичного профессионального образования как на базе колледжа, так и на базе вуза. Научная новизна. В публикации рассматривается модель герменевтического круга как визуальный образ, иллюстрирующий специфику когнитивных процессов при изучении пользовательских алгоритмов как основы информационного обмена. Модель позволяет продемонстрировать причины появления слабых мест в подготовке педагогов к дидактическим коммуникациям в области информационных технологий. Практическая значимость. Поскольку вопрос обучения гибким профессиональным навыкам остается открытым на уровне теоретического и практического инструментария, назрели предпосылки для его решения. Публикация может быть рекомендована педагогам, занимающимся разработкой дисциплин интегративного характера, направленных на совершенствование коммуникативных навыков. Основные положения теории рассматриваются на примере дидактических коммуникаций в области информационных технологий.The research was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) within project № 20-413-660013 r_a “Predicting the Professional Future of the Students in the Digital Age”.Исследование выполнено при финансовой поддержке гранта РФФИ № 20-413-660013 р_а «Прогнозирование профессионального будущего студенческой молодежи в цифровую эпоху»