ADOPTION O WB 2.0 TOOLS AND TH INDIVIDUAL INNOVATIVNSS LVLS O INSTRUCTORS

Abstract

<p style="text-align:justify">While the usage condition of wiki, social networks, podcast and other Web 2.0 tools by university students continues to increase quickly, it becomes more important for instructors to be informed about these technologies to what extent, to integrate them into lectures and their use frequencies. or this purpose, awareness of instructors about Web 2.0 tools, their usage and integration to lectures and individual innovativeness levels were discussed within the scope of the study. Therefore, Individual Innovativeness Scale and Web 2.0 use questionnaire was applied to 42 instructors. When the results are evaluated, it is seen that while the instructors are substantially informed about social networks (acebook, Twitter) and Blog, they have less information about Wiki and Podcast applications. As a result of investigation of this situation in terms of individual innovativeness, awareness percentage of the most innovative group (Innovators, arly Adopter, arly Majority) seems to be higher. When findings about the use frequencies of Web 2.0 tools by the instructors are evaluated, it is seen that while acebook is the most frequently used Web 2.0 tool, Podcast is the least frequently used tool. In addition, it seems that even if it is in low rates, the instructors use acebook, Blog, Wiki and Podcast for education.</p>