Teacher’s Perceptions about the Use of Tablets in a Strategy to Integrate New Technologies on Public Schools of Cundinamarca, Colombia

Currently, mobile technologies are widely used on diverse fields and in daily life. In the educational environment, the use of mobile devices as an alternative tool in learning process has increased progressively. In this way, experiences related to mobile learning (m-learning) have been reported all around the world and tablets have become one of the most popular devices used on this type of learning. Recently, a strategy for a massive delivery of tablets to public schools has been developed in Colombia. This strategy, known as "Class-T" program in the region of Cundinamarca, is combined with a pedagogical accompaniment to foster the educational use of these devices. As part of this program, an instrument was designed and implemented to identify teachers’ perceptions about the use and intention of use of tablets. The instrument was adapted from the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model according to the program context. The instrument consists on a survey with 27 items that inquires about performance and effort expectancy, social influence, facilitating conditions, self-efficacy, anxiety and behavioral intention to use the tablets. The survey was designed to be applied at the beginning of the program and once the intervention process is concluded. Results of the first application moment show an overall positive perception of teachers in performance expectancy, attitude toward using tablets and behavioral intention to use these devices.