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The Diminishing Influence of Age and Gender on e-Learning Readiness of Teachers in Hong Kong

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Hybrid Learning (ICHL 2010)

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The purpose of this research project is to discover how the factors Gender and Age influence the e-learning readiness of Hong Kong’s primary and secondary school in-service and trainee teachers. Using a combination of existing e-learning assessment tools with experiences gained from business field and the conceptual model developed from the literature, two questionnaires were created to survey in-service and trainee teachers in Hong Kong. Findings of this research show that Gender and Age have significant influence on in-service teachers. However, there is no significant influence on trainee teachers in Hong Kong. More importantly, the survey result of this research shows that the general perception which was true in the past thirty years that males are better at using ICT than females does not hold true any more.

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  1. Caritas Bianchi College of Careers, Hong Kong

    Koon Keung Teddy So

  2. Solution Forrest, Australia

    Paula Swatman

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  1. Caritas Institute of Higher Education, 12 Cain Road, Hong Kong, China

    Philip Tsang

  2. Open University of hong Kong, 30 Good Shepherd Street, Homantin, Hong Kong, China

    Simon K. S. Cheung

  3. School of Continuing and Professional Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China

    Victor S. K. Lee

  4. Knowledge Science & Engineering Institute, School of Education Technology, Beijing Normal University, Xinjiekouwai Ave. 19, 100875, Beijing, China

    Ronghuai Huang

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Teddy So, K.K., Swatman, P. (2010). The Diminishing Influence of Age and Gender on e-Learning Readiness of Teachers in Hong Kong. In: Tsang, P., Cheung, S.K.S., Lee, V.S.K., Huang, R. (eds) Hybrid Learning. ICHL 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6248. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14657-2_43

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