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ERIC Number: EJ1015426
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2001-Apr
Pages: 9
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1303-6521
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The Usage of e-Journal amongst Lecturers at a Public University in Malaysia
Abu Bakar, Arzmi Bin; Ariffin, Mohd Yahya Mohamed
Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, v12 n2 p321-329 Apr 2013
With the development of electronic publishing, e-journal is readily and widely available to academicians. This study was carried out to assess the usage of e-journal amongst education lecturers at a public university in Malaysia. A total of 55 education lecturers participated in the study by completing a self-developed questionnaire to answer the following questions; (1) how often do education lecturers uses e-journal as a tool for academic purposes? and (2) What are their preferential characteristics of e-journal which factors in its usage for academic purposes? The major findings of the study revealed a positive indication on the usage of e-journal where 83.6% preferred to use e-journal for academic purposes compared to printed journals. Responses to the usage of e-journal for academic purposes also revealed a positive result with all the six academic activities rated as "often". Responses to the preference for using e-journal also produced a positive result where respondents rated as "agree" to the 10 statements. Based on the findings of the study, e-journal is widely used by education lecturers and has the potential to be diffused in teaching and learning as proposed by the Diffusion Theory (Rogers 1995). (Contains 7 tables.)
Sakarya University. Esentepe Campus, Adapazari 54000, Turkey. Tel: +90-505-2431868; Fax: +90-264-6141034; e-mail: tojet@sakarya.edu.tr; Web site: http://www.tojet.net
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
Education Level: Postsecondary Education; Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Malaysia
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