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Barriers to technology adoption by lecturers within Antigua and Barbuda
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Caribbean Lecturers’ Self-Efficacy And Their Perceived Barriers To Technology Adoption, Na-Ajele Gadija Williams-Buffonge
Caribbean Lecturers’ Self-Efficacy And Their Perceived Barriers To Technology Adoption, Na-Ajele Gadija Williams-Buffonge
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Educational technology is a learning tool that helps lecturers enhance learning through instructional practices; however, it is unclear why lecturers have difficulties adopting technology. The purpose of this study was to examine how lecturers’ self-efficacy at one college in Antigua and Barbuda influenced their technology adoption in terms of their instructional practices, including perceived barriers and supports for technology use. The conceptual frameworks for this study were Bandura’s self-efficacy theory and Rogers’ diffusion of innovation. The study included nine lecturers from a Caribbean college in Antigua and Barbuda as participants. Data were collected through interviews and analyzed using open coding …