Dijital Okuryazarlık Düzeyinin Uzaktan Eğitimden Memnuniyete Etkisinde Uzaktan Eğitime Yönelik Tutumun Aracı Rolü

Year 2021, Volume: 11 Issue: 3, 559 - 574, 31.12.2021

Sami Sever , Kahraman Çatı

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı, COVID-19 pandemi sürecinde akademisyenlerin dijital okuryazarlık düzeylerinin, uzaktan eğitim memnuniyetleri
üzerindeki etkisinde uzaktan eğitime yönelik tutumlarının aracı rolünün olup olmadığını incelemektir. Araştırmanın amacına uygun
olarak hazırlanan anket aracılığı ile İnönü Üniversitesi’nde uzaktan eğitim veren 341 akademisyenden veriler toplanmıştır. Araştırmanın
bağımlı değişkeni olan akademisyenlerin uzaktan eğitimden memnuniyetleri iki faktörden oluşmuştur. Bu faktörler; dersin işlenişinden
memnuniyet ve alt yapı memnuniyeti şeklindedir. Yapılan analiz sonucunda dijital okuryazarlık düzeyinin, uzaktan eğitimde dersin
işlenişinden memnuniyet üzerindeki etkisinde uzaktan eğitime yönelik tutumun tam aracı rolüne sahip olduğu ve dijital okuryazarlık
düzeyinin, alt yapı memnuniyeti üzerindeki etkisinde uzaktan eğitime yönelik tutumun kısmi aracı rolüne sahip olduğu tespit edilmiştir

Keywords

Covid-19, Dijital Okuryazarlık, Uzaktan Eğitim, Memnuniyet, Tutum

The Mediating Role of Attitude towards Distance Education in the Effect of Digital Literacy Level on Satisfaction with Distance Education

Abstract

This study aims to examine whether the attitudes towards distance education have a mediating role in the effect of academicians’
digital literacy levels on their satisfaction with distance education during the COVID-19 pandemic. The data were collected from 341
academicians who teach distance education courses at Inonu University. The academicians’ satisfaction with distance education which is
the dependent variable of the study, consisted of two factors. These factors are satisfaction with the teaching of the course and satisfaction
with the infrastructure. As a result of the analysis, it was determined that the attitude towards distance education has a complete mediation
role in the effect of digital literacy level on satisfaction with the teaching of the course in distance education, and that the attitude towards
distance education has a partial mediation role in the effect of digital literacy level on satisfaction with the infrastructure

Keywords

Covid-19, Digital Literacy, Distance Education, Satisfaction, Attitude

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