Technology acceptance of a mobile portfolio app for teacher education: Pre-service teachers views on multimedia-based note-taking and mentoring in internships. Issue 1 (2nd January 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Petko, Dominik; Cantieni, Andrea; Schmid, Regina; Müller, Laura; Krannich, Maike; Michos, Konstantinos
• Is Part Of: Journal of digital learning in teacher education. Volume 39:Issue 1(2023)
• Page Start: 57
• Page End: 71
• Publication Date: 2023-01-02
• Subjects: Teacher education -- mobile Learning -- portfolio -- teaching practice -- reflection -- technology acceptance; Teachers -- Training of -- United States -- Data processing -- Periodicals; Educational technology -- Periodicals; Educational technology; Teachers -- Training of -- Data processing; United States; Periodicals; 371.3305
• DOI: 10.1080/21532974.2022.2142990
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2153-2974

Abstract

Abstract: Mobile technologies are promising tools to scaffold teaching practice. In this study, we developed and tested a mobile app for teacher education. This mobile portfolio enables multimedia-based note-taking, reflection, and discussion with peers and mentors. We conducted two studies to explore the effect of design variants and use scenarios on the app's acceptance. In the first study with N = 83 pre-service primary school teachers, technology acceptance was higher for those using the app with multimedia note-taking functionality than for those using the same app with this functionality disabled. In the second study with N = 81 pre-service teachers, those using the app together with their mentor teachers reported levels of technology acceptance similar to those who used the app exclusively among themselves. In consequence, a mobile portfolio app would be met with higher acceptance if it builds reflection upon multimedia note-taking both with and without the inclusion of mentors.