Factors perceived by the students of the Faculty of Education at King Faisal University with information technology and their impact on their use of Twitter in the educational process

Abstract

The aim of the study was to identify the perceived factors of the students of the Faculty of Education at King Faisal University with information technology and its impact on the reality of their use of the "Twitter" in the educational process. To achieve this, follow the analytical descriptive method, and use the questionnaire as a tool to collect field data, On the model Acceptance Model Technology (TAM), in proportion to the characteristics of the study community, and was distributed after verifying its validity and stability statistically; a simple random sample of the students of the Faculty of Education at King Faisal University numbered 240 students, The most important results of the study were as follows: The level of students' awareness of the factors of their dealing with information technology and their use of the Twitter code in the educational process was high with an average score of (5.00) Of factors in their degree of use of the Twitter code in the educational process. The communication factor has had the greatest impact on students 'use of Twitter in the educational process. There is no difference in the level of students' perception of the perceived factors and the degree to which they use the code in the educational process according to gender, with the exception of one factor which is the trend factor towards the use of technology. The study concluded a number of recommendations, including: Promoting the culture of optimal recruitment of the means of social communication in the educational process, and considering it as a technique of education techniques, and promoting the proficiency of its use by the employees of the academic university and students.