The relationship between gender, age, experience level of information technology with the amount of use of information and communication technology among the faculty members of Islamic Azad University, the 3rd region
Subject Areas : Educational Science
1 - مدرس گروه علوم تربیتی دانشکده علوم انسانی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد ساری و دانشجوی دکتری تکنولوژی آموزشی دانشگاه آموزگاری کشور تاجیکستان
Keywords: age, gender, information and communication technology, faculty members, level of experience ,
Abstract :
This research was done to analyze the relationship between the amount of Information and communication technology use with gender ,age and experience level of faculty members of Islamic Azad University (3rd region) in 2009(1389 AD).The research method is based on applied and descriptive survey of co-relational research. The statistical population are 2160 faculty members of Islamic Azad University. A sample of 327 (165 female ,162 male) are selected through cluster-random sampling method. A researcher-made questionnaire was designed to gather data. The questionnaire validity results showed that the α correlation for each variable is higher than 0.87. The methods for data analysis in this research were two-sample independent t-test (5 t- test),Pearson correlation coefficient, linear variance analysis test. The results show that the use of computer and software, the Internet and on-line services , use of information and communication technology in educational practices in females is higher than males while application of information and communication technology in research practices in males is higher than females. Also, there is a negative relationship between the ages and the use of information and communication technology. There is a significant difference between educational levels (primary, intermediate, advanced ,experienced) in the field of information and communication technology ,which are as following in order of low to high: 1-primary 2- experienced 3- intermediate 4- advanced
