Conducting Technology Acceptance Research in Education

Ömer Faruk URSAVAŞ is a Professor of Computer Education and Instructional Technology at the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University. He has supervised PhD and Masters’ research candidates. He is an author of many journal articles, book chapters and conference papers. His research, teaching, and consulting activities revolve around applications of quantitative methods in education for the technology acceptance in both teacher education and pre-service teachers and the broader higher education.

• Foreword by Timothy Teo.- Chapter 1: Technology Acceptance: A Myth or Necessity.- Chapter 2: Theory of Reasoned Action.- Chapter 3: Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB).- Chapter 4: Technology Acceptance Model: History, Theory, and Application.- Chapter 5: Motivational Model (MM).- Chapter 6: Decomposed Theory of Planned Behavior (DTPB).- Chapter 7: Combined TAM and TPB (C-TAM).- Chapter 8: The Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT1 and UTAUT2).- Chapter 9: Final Remarks: Making Sense of Technology Acceptance and Use in Education.- Chapter 10: References.