Abstract :
The current study investigated the impact of pedagogical beliefs and job-technology characteristics on the intention to use web-based learning amongst the faculty members of Payame Noor University (PNU). To this end, 343 faculty members were selected using multi-stage cluster sampling method from PNU branches located in Yazd, Eastern Azerbaijan, Khuzestan, Fars, and Khorasan Razavi. They were administered a ques-tionnaire. Its content validity was established based on the the experts’ views and its reliability was assessed to be satisfactory (Cronbach Alpha=0.7). Data were analyzed employing SPSS19 and LISREL softwares. Initially, the Kurtosis and Skewness of the variable distributions and their correlations were examined to see whether path analysis could be employed. The results showed that the variables were correlated and the Skewness and Kurtosis coefficients ranged from -1 to +1 (suggesting that the data had normal distribution). Then, the data were analyzed using path analysis. The results showed that pedagogical beliefs, job and thechnology characteristics exerted a significant impact on the intention to use web-based learning.
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