Abstract
The Effect of a Course Designed with ASSURE Model on Student’s Attitudes Towards the Use of Information Communication Technologies and Computer Anxiety Levels
When instructional design is evaluated as a process, it is to use the learning and
teaching theories and to carry out the system systematically in order to increase the quality
of teaching. When the literature is examined, it is possible to meet many Instructional
Design Models that are structured with different steps and contents. This study was
carried out with the ASSURE Model, one of the Instructional Design Models. ASSURE
model is a model that aims to increase efficiency in systematic planning of teaching and
selection and use of materials. In this study, the reason why ASSURE model is included
in the scope; it is one of the most appropriate models that provides technology support
in order to make a systematic plan for course designers who want to use materials and
technologies effectively and efficiently. Converging parallel method was used as a method
in the research. Within the scope of this purpose, in the fall semester of the 2019-2020
academic year, a part of a technical university vocational school was studied with 28 first
year undergraduate students who took the Information and Communication Technologies
course. For this purpose, 28 first grade vocational high school of tecnical sciences
students who studied Information and Communication Technologies in a department of
a Technical University Vocational School in the fall semester of 2019-2020 academic
year were studied. As a data collection tool; The “Computer Anxiety Scale”, “Attitude
Scale for the use of Information and Communication Technologies” and an interview
form was used. At the end of the study, it was seen that there was a statistically significant
difference between the attitudes, anxiety and self-confidence pre-test and post-test scores
of the independent variables. The quantitative dimension of the study was carried out
with single group pretest-posttest experimental design. Different studies can be carried
out with the pretest-posttest experimental control group pattern. Based on the results
of the research, the courses can be designed and conducted with different instructional
design models. In addition, a similar study can be carried out in different lessons with a
larger sample group.
Keywords
Instructional Design, ASSURE Model, Information and Communication Technologies, Attitude, Anxiety.
