Students' attitudes towards integration of ICTs in a reading course: A case in Turkey

Simsek C. S. S.

COMPUTERS & EDUCATION, cilt.51, sa.1, ss.200-211, 2008 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 51 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2008
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.compedu.2007.05.002
  • Dergi Adı: COMPUTERS & EDUCATION
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.200-211
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: ICTs, attitudes, reading online, INTERNET, PERSPECTIVES, STATES
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

The purpose of this paper is to investigate students' attitudes towards the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in a reading skills course offered at Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. To this end, 30 first year students of the foreign language education (FLE) department followed a four-week component of an ICTs-integrated reading skills course. To examine the students' attitudes towards the course and the new learning environment at the end of the teaching period, an attitude questionnaire was administered and interviews were conducted. The findings indicate that despite the difficulties they faced, the students were satisfied overall with the application of ICTs in their reading course and developed positive attitudes towards online courses. (C) 2007 Published by Elsevier Ltd.