The makey-makey board in university classrooms

a study of the perception of this tool using the technology acceptance model

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https://doi.org/10.46661/ijeri.9621

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educational technology, makey-makey, ICT, teacher training, motivation, TAM

Abstract

The Makey-Makey board has gained popularity in the educational field to stimulate creativity, motivation, and critical thinking among students. For these reasons, it was planned to evaluate the perception of student teachers, future teachers, about this tool through the Technological Acceptance Model (TAM Model) to know the usefulness and integration, ease, and self-efficacy of the Makey-Makey board. The research covered two academic years, involving a total of 360 students enrolled in the subject of Information and Communication Technologies Applied to Education of the Primary Education Degree. Data collection was conducted using an online questionnaire validated through exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis on the TAM model, using a Likert scale. The results demonstrated a remarkable acceptance of this tool by the students, obtaining an overall mean of 4.1 points out of 5 and a reliability level of 0.910. These findings support the effectiveness and relevance of this tool, highlighting its potential to enrich the training process. In conclusion, the positive perception of students suggests the integration of this tool to help develop new key competencies in the training of future teachers.

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Juan Jesús Gutiérrez Castillo, Universidad de Sevilla

Professor of the Department of Didactics and Educational Organization of the Faculty of Educational Sciences (University of Seville). Member of the Didactics Research Group: Technological and qualitative analysis of teaching-learning processes (HUM-390) and the Educational Technology Group. Associate Editor of the Journal: “Píxel-Bit. Revista de Medios y Educación” published by the University of Seville. Member of the EDUTEC association. He has participated in numerous research, innovation and improvement projects related to Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), the current field in which he has been carrying out my research work, reflecting this commitment in the publication of papers in journals of national and international prestige.

Julio Barroso-Osuna, Universidad de Sevilla

PhD in Educational Sciences. Professor of Educational Technology at the University of Seville (US) (Spain), in the Department of Didactics and Educational Organization of the Faculty of Educational Sciences. He belongs to the Didactics Research Group (HUM 0390) of the Junta de Andalucía and is a member of the EDUTEC association. He has participated in numerous research, innovation, and improvement projects related to Educational Technology, development, and teaching work. He participated in numerous national and international conferences. As a result of his research activity, he has published numerous books, book chapters, and articles in journals of impact.

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2024-12-03

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Gutiérrez Castillo, J. J., León Garrido, A., & Barroso-Osuna, J. (2024). The makey-makey board in university classrooms: a study of the perception of this tool using the technology acceptance model. IJERI: International Journal of Educational Research and Innovation, (22), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.46661/ijeri.9621

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