ADOPTION OF WEB 2.0 TOOLS AND THE INDIVIDUAL INNOVATIVENESS LEVELS OF INSTRUCTORS/ÖGRETIM ELEMANLARININ BIREYSEL YENILIKÇILIK DÜZEYLERI VE WEB 2.0 ARAÇLARINI BENIMSEMELERI

While the usage condition of wiki, social networks, podcast and other Web 2.0 tools by university students continues to increase quickly, it becomes more important for instructors to be informed about these technologies to what extent, to integrate them into lectures and their use frequencies. For this purpose, awareness of instructors about Web 2.0 tools, their usage and integration to lectures and individual innovativeness levels were discussed within the scope of the study. Therefore, Individual Innovativeness Scale and Web 2.0 use questionnaire was applied to 42 instructors. When the results are evaluated, it is seen that while the instructors are substantially informed about social networks (Facebook, Twitter) and Blog, they have less information about Wiki and Podcast applications. As a result of investigation of this situation in terms of individual innovativeness, awareness percentage of the most innovative group (Innovators, Early Adopter, Early Majority) seems to be higher. When findings about the use frequencies of Web 2.0 tools by the instructors are evaluated, it is seen that while Facebook is the most frequently used Web 2.0 tool, Podcast is the least frequently used tool. In addition, it seems that even if it is in low rates, the instructors use Facebook, Blog, Wiki and Podcast for education. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]