Development and Validation of an Attitude Scale towards Online Teaching and Learning for Higher Education Teachers
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ORIGINAL PAPER
Development and Validation of an Attitude Scale towards Online Teaching and Learning for Higher Education Teachers Anupma Sangwan 1 & Anurag Sangwan 2 & Poonam Punia 3 Accepted: 5 November 2020 # Association for Educational Communications & Technology 2020
Abstract The aim of this study is to develop an attitude scale towards online teaching and learning for higher education teachers. It included 687 participants (77 Professors, 67 Associate Professors and 543 Assistant Professors) from various colleges and Universities of India. This tool development was a part of research conducted to examine the preparedness of Indian higher education teachers during the period of lockdown due to Covid-19 pandemic. After reviewing related literature, initially 37 items related with the attitude of teachers towards online education were framed. Later on, 11 items were modified and four were deleted as per the opinions of the experts. The draft scale consisting of 33 items was administered on teachers and data was collected with the help of Google forms. Item analysis was carried out using t-value and r-value. Reliability of scale was determined by using Cronbach Alpha value (0.88) and split-halt correlation (0.82). After item analysis, the scale items were reduced to 30 and four factors were established as a result of factor analysis (Principal Component Analysis). Psychometric scale analyses have shown that this scale is valid, reliable and thus can be used in the evaluation of teachers ‘attitudes towards online teaching and learning. Keywords Attitude . Online education . Teaching and learning . Higher education
Introduction Education itself means growing in the light of knowledge and living life in a purposeful manner. It is a continuous process which starts with the birth of an individual and plays essential role in everyone’s life. There are several ways of attaining education; however, one thing that has influenced the education delivery mechanism to a large extent is use of technology. Many research studies have highlighted the importance of technology in different walks of life (Lea et al. 2001; Jovanova-Mitkovska 2010; Lazar 2015 and Ghavifekr and Rosdy 2015). Technology has played instrumental role in making teaching more efficient and effective (Girgurovic 2010; Wells et al. 2008). * Poonam Punia [email protected] 1
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, GJUS & T, Hisar, India
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UGC Human Resource Development Center, GJUS & T, Hisar, India
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Institute of Teacher Training and Research, BPS Women University, Khanpur Kalan, Haryana Sonepat, India
The use of technology in education can be traced back in twentieth century after the introduction of personal computers in 1980s. In the past two decades, computer technology has progressed in a quite staggering way and the wave of digitalization gained heights with the advent of internet. It is now used in business, online bank transactions, maintaining social connections with people and e-learning (Kraut et al. 1999). This digital revoluti
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