PLANIFICACIÓN

1) What role does technology play in your everyday life? 2) What role does technology play in education today? Three Key Questions:

3) What factors do you attribute to your comfort level with using technology in instruction?

4) What anxieties do you face with using technology in instruction? 5) What do you believe would help you feel more comfortable in using

technology in instruction? Summary Question:

6) Overall, how would you describe your attitude toward using technology in instruction?

152 Appendix H CONSENT FORM

Factors Influencing Teachers’ Technology Self-Efficacy: A Case Study Doctoral Dissertation Research

Amy Farah Liberty University School of Education

You are invited to be in a research study of teachers’ technology self-efficacy. You were selected as a possible participant because you are a certified teacher at the elementary, middle, or high school level of one of the school sites in the district chosen for this study. I ask that you read this form and ask any questions you may have before agreeing to be in the study.

This study is being conducted by: Amy Farah, School of Education, Liberty University Background Information

The purpose of this study is to identify factors that influence teachers’ confidence with using technology as an instructional tool in their classrooms. If I can identify factors that influence teachers’ confidence with using technology in the classroom, then I can help local school and district leaders design staff development that will build teachers’ confidence with using technology in their classrooms.

Procedures

If you agree to be in this study, I would ask you to do the following things:  Complete a 21 item Likert-type survey.

 If, upon completion of the survey, you are identified as a teacher for the case study and you agree to volunteer, you will be asked to participate in one one- hour interview and one one-hour focus group with eight other teachers.

Interviews and the focus group will be audio taped and transcribed for analysis. Interviews and the focus group will be scheduled at a time convenient for participants.

Risks and Benefits of being in the Study

The risks of participating in the study are minimal and are no more than the participant would encounter in everyday life.

The benefits to participation are that teachers will have the opportunity to share both their successes and struggles with using technology in the classroom in a safe and

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confidential environment as well as provide input that may help local and district

leaders plan meaningful professional development opportunities that have the potential to build teachers’ confidence with using technology.

Confidentiality

The records of this study will be kept private. In any sort of report I might publish, I will not include any information that will make it possible to identify a subject. Research records will be stored securely and only the researcher will have access to the records. Participants who agree to be interviewed via Skype should be aware that privacy cannot be guaranteed using this medium of communication. Participants who opt to have their interview conducted via Skype should be aware that Skyping in a public place places limits on confidentiality because someone may overhear the interview. In order to protect participants’ confidentiality, participants should Skype in a private place.

Additionally, as the interviewer, I will conduct any Skype interviews in the privacy of my own home by myself.

I will store all data in a file cabinet that will stay locked in my own home, and only I will have a key to this cabinet. Research related data will be maintained for three years. Once the recordings have been used to prepare an analysis of results and each of the nine participants have completed their member check, the recordings will be destroyed. Only members of the dissertation committee and a Liberty University research

consultant will have access if it is requested. For the focus group, although I cannot assure other participants will maintain a subject’s confidentiality, it will be explained in person to all participants that they are asked to respect others’ privacy and refrain from discussing any of the content of the focus group as well as mentioning any names of those involved in the focus group to anyone outside of the focus group.

By signing your name below, the participant agrees to uphold the confidentiality of this study, including the content discussed in interviews and the focus group as well as any identifying information of any of the other participants.

The following people will have access to the data throughout the study: Myself as the researcher

The Dissertation Committee Transcriptionist

154 Voluntary Nature of the Study

Participation in this study is voluntary. If you decide to participate, you are free to not answer any question or withdraw at any time without affecting those relationships. Contacts and Questions

The researcher conducting this study is Amy Farah. You may ask any questions you have now. If you have questions later, you are encouraged to contact me at the Instructional Support Center or at home, (W#) 678-301-7369 or (H#) 404-408-6991,

[email protected] or [email protected]. You may also direct questions or concerns to the chair of the research committee, Dr. Gary Kuhne,

[email protected].

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this study and would like to talk to someone other than the researcher, you are encouraged to contact the Institutional Review Board, Dr. Fernando Garzon, Chair, 1971 University Blvd, Suite 1582, Lynchburg, VA 24502 or email at [email protected] or [email protected].

You will be given a copy of this information to keep for your records.

Statement of Consent:

I have read and understood the above information. I have asked questions and have received answers. I consent to participate in the study.

Yes, I agree to be recorded in the interview and focus group. No, I do not agree to be recorded in the interview and focus group.

Signature:_______________________________________ Date: __________________