study1:Using the Internet for Education

Dr. YEUNG Yau Yuen

Ms. CHENG May Hung, May
Ms. SO Wing Mui, Winnie
Dr. TSANG Po Keung,

EricDepartment of Science

Hong Kong Institute of Education

Purpose of this study :
to develop various subject-based courseware to make the student-teachers at the Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd) to have intensive exposure to some interactive hypermedia resources for self-learning on the Internet.

Instrument :
those student-teachers are trained to have certain competence in developing course materials in the www format for broadcasting on the Internet. Some preliminary findings of the questionnaire on their attitudes towards using the Internet for education indicate that they generally have positive attitudes but they probably need more time by self practicing in order to develop sufficient confidence in authoring their own course materials on the Internet.The questionnaire consists of four distinct constructs as identified .The four constructs are: affect (feeling towards computers); behavioural (behavioural intentions and actions with respect to computers); perceived behaviour control (perceived ease, or difficulty, of using computers) and perceived usefulness (the degree to which an individual believes using computers will enhance their job performance). . The feature of internet can provide flexibility on learning process .