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Situating Teachers’ Computer Training within the Framework of Innovation Diffusion Theory
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, University of Alabama at Birmingham, United States

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, in Atlanta, GA, USA ISBN 978-1-880094-52-5 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC USA

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Training teachers using computers is, in real measures, an issue of technology diffusion. Innovation diffusion theory provides a useful framework to guide teachers' computer training. Assisted by this framework, schools and computer trainers can identify effective training strategies by understanding what attracts potential adopters. Although training teachers using computers is a topic that has been discussed to a great extent, very rarely is this issue investigated in the light of technology diffusion. The purpose of this paper is to discuss teachers' computer training within the framework of innovation diffusion and identify effective training strategies accordingly.

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Wang, Y.m. (2004). Situating Teachers’ Computer Training within the Framework of Innovation Diffusion Theory. In R. Ferdig, C. Crawford, R. Carlsen, N. Davis, J. Price, R. Weber & D. Willis (Eds.), Proceedings of SITE 2004--Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 1457-1461). Atlanta, GA, USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved August 7, 2024 from .

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