Attitudes towards Digital Educational Technologies among University Students of Different Fields of Study: Role of Academic Motivation and Personality Traits
- Autores: Novikova I.A.1, Bychkova P.A.1, Shlyakhta D.A.1, Novikov A.L.1
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- RUDN University
- Edição: Volume 21, Nº 4 (2024)
- Páginas: 1036-1063
- Seção: PERSONALITY IN CONTEMPORARY EDUCATIONAL SPACE: ACADEMIC SUPERVISION, DIGITALIZATION, COMMUNICATION
- URL: https://journal-vniispk.ru/2313-1683/article/view/326315
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.22363/2313-1683-2024-21-4-1036-1063
- EDN: https://elibrary.ru/LKACYZ
- ID: 326315
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Numerous research in recent years has focused on the pros and cons of using digital technologies in education. It has been established that difficulties associated with the digital transformation of education are determined not only by objective reasons, but also by the psychological characteristics of participants in the educational process and their attitudes towards digital educational technologies (DETs). The purpose of present study is to identify differences both in the attitudes towards DETs, and in the correlation of these attitudes’ indicators with personality traits and academic motivation between university students of different fields of study. The study involved 362 students (90.05% females), including 199 Psychology and 163 Philology students of RUDN University. Students’ attitudes towards DET were measured with The Attitudes towards DETs Scale for University Students based on the Tripartite Model of Attitudes. The educational motivation of students was measured with The Academic Motivation Scales based on Deci and Ryan’s Self-Determination Theory. The personality traits were measured with the short version of the NEO Five-Factor Inventory. The research findings show that the differences between Psychology and Philology students appear not so much in their attitudes towards DETs, but in the correlations and regression models of the studied variables. The most significant predictors of the attitudes towards DETs are Agreeableness, Conscientiousness and Motivation for personal growth in psychologists, and Openness, Extraversion and Intrinsic cognition motivation in philologists.
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Irina Novikova
RUDN University
Autor responsável pela correspondência
Email: novikova_ia@pfur.ru
ORCID ID: 0000-0001-5831-1547
Código SPIN: 7717-2834
Scopus Author ID: 35766733000
Researcher ID: Q-5276-2016
Ph.D. in Psychology, Associate Professor, is Associate Professor at the Psychology and Pedagogics Department
6 Miklukho-Maklaya St, Moscow, 117198, Russian FederationPolina Bychkova
RUDN University
Email: bychkova_pa@pfur.ru
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-6526-7262
Código SPIN: 1819-7877
Scopus Author ID: 57222720667
Researcher ID: ACD-4333-2022
Ph.D. in Psychology, is Assistant at the Psychology and Pedagogics Department
6 Miklukho-Maklaya St, Moscow, 117198, Russian FederationDmitriy Shlyakhta
RUDN University
Email: shlyakhta_da@pfur.ru
Código SPIN: 6172-5460
Scopus Author ID: 57191998066
Ph.D. in Psychology, Associate Professor, is Associate Professor at the Psychology and Pedagogics Department
6 Miklukho-Maklaya St, Moscow, 117198, Russian FederationAlexey Novikov
RUDN University
Email: novikov_al@pfur.ru
ORCID ID: 0000-0003-3482-5070
Código SPIN: 3416-1350
Scopus Author ID: 56005222400
Researcher ID: Q-5419-2016
Ph.D. in Philology, Associate Professor, is Associate Professor at the General and Russian Linguistics Department
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