18Feb 2017

THE IMPACT OF INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT, TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION BY FACULTY MEMBERS OF FORENSIC SCIENCES AT THE UNIVERSITIES OF RIYADH.

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The institutional support is important for the effective implementation of technology based instruction (Farrell, 1999). The study aimed to find out the impact of the institutional support, technical expertise, and attitudes towards the acceptance and use of technology in education by faculty members of Forensic Science at the universities of Riyadh. The total sample of the study was 310 out of 984 which formed a very reliable sample according to sample calculations and equations. A questionnaire has been distributed and data was collected. The SPSS programme was used to find the ANOVA, Pearson, Linear regression method, and R-Square. The results show the availability of the institutional support for faculty teaching staff of Forensic Science towards the use of educational technology. The Pearson correlation is positive and statistically significant at the level of (> 0.01) and this shows that the faculty members accept and use technology in education throughout the institutional support, technical expertise and attitudes. The study proposes that more effective training and more incentives might help faculty members to use technology in education.

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[Mohammed Bin Saad Saleh Altamimi. (2017); THE IMPACT OF INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT, TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION BY FACULTY MEMBERS OF FORENSIC SCIENCES AT THE UNIVERSITIES OF RIYADH. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Feb). 244-254] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Mohammed Bin Saad Saleh Altamimi
College of Education, International Islamic University Malaysia

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/3139      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/3139

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