A Technological Acceptance of Remote Laboratory in Chemistry Education

Autor/inn/en	Ling, Wendy Sing Yii; Lee, Tien Tien; Tho, Siew Wei
Titel	A Technological Acceptance of Remote Laboratory in Chemistry Education
Quelle	In: Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 18 (2017) 2, Artikel 17 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1609-4913
Schlagwörter	Chemistry; Science Instruction; Science Laboratories; Questionnaires; College Students; College Faculty; College Science; Mixed Methods Research; Scores; Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education; Barriers; Foreign Countries; Semi Structured Interviews; Malaysia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Chemie; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Fragebogen; Collegestudent; Fakultät; Unterrichtsmedien; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Ausland
Abstract	The purpose of this study is to evaluate the technological acceptance of Chemistry students, and the opinions of Chemistry lecturers and laboratory assistants towards the use of remote laboratory in Chemistry education. The convergent parallel design mixed method was carried out in this study. The instruments involved were questionnaire and interview protocol. A total of 81 Chemistry students, five Chemistry lecturers and two Chemistry laboratory assistants from Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) were chosen as respondents in this study. For the quantitative approach, the data from the questionnaire were analysed using descriptive statistics to evaluate students' technological acceptance of remote laboratory. For the qualitative approach, the responses from the interviews were analysed to evaluate the lecturers and laboratory assistants' opinions towards the use of remote laboratory by using coding and grouping methods. Quantitatively, the student respondents had given the mean scores ranging from 2.97 to 3.30 for the attitude towards use (ATU), perceived ease of use (PEOU), behavioural intention (BI), and perceived usefulness (PU). Qualitatively, the respondents accepted the implementation of remote laboratory in Chemistry education based on its several advantages such as flexibility, cost efficiency, and risk-free environment. However, some disadvantages of remote laboratory such as lack of skills and experience and Internet connection problem were also voiced out by the respondents. Overall, the results from this study showed that the students, lecturers and laboratory assistants had positive responses towards the technological acceptance of remote laboratory in Chemistry education. Thus, remote laboratory could be developed and introduced to Chemistry education in UPSI. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Hong Kong Institute of Education. 10 Lo Ping Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. Tel: +011-852-2948-7650; Fax: +011-852-2948-7726; e-mail: apfslt@sci.ied.edu.hk; Web site: http://www.ied.edu.hk/apfslt
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01