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Factors that influence the teaching use of W ikipedia in higher education
Author(s) -
MeseguerArtola Antoni,
Aibar Eduard,
Lladós Josep,
Minguillón Julià,
Lerga Maura
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of the association for information science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.903
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 2330-1643
pISSN - 2330-1635
DOI - 10.1002/asi.23488
Subject(s) - encyclopedia , perception , the internet , quality (philosophy) , psychology , knowledge management , computer science , open educational resources , world wide web , library science , philosophy , epistemology , neuroscience
A key impact the Internet is having on university teaching involves the new choices being provided because of open educational content. W ikipedia is a clear example of these new options. It is a gigantic open repository of knowledge, and it can also be considered a platform that facilitates collaboration in knowledge creation and dissemination. Our research objective is to understand what the main factors are that influence the teaching uses of W ikipedia among university faculty. Based on a technology acceptance model, and using data from a survey sent to all faculty members of the U niversitat O berta de C atalunya, we analyze the relationships within the internal and external constructs of the model. We found that both the perception of colleagues' opinions about W ikipedia and the perceived quality of the information in W ikipedia play a central role. These two constructs have a significant direct impact on the perceived usefulness of W ikipedia. This perceived usefulness affects, mediated by the behavioral intention of using W ikipedia, the effective use behavior of the encyclopedia. The degree to which an individual considers it is important to participate in open collaborative environments and the W eb 2.0 profile of the faculty members also play an important role in our model.