Exploring use of new media in environmental education contexts
Introducing visitors’ technology use in zoos model
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12525459 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Victor Yocco (Institute for Learning Innovation (United States), corresponding author), Elizabeth Danter (Institute for Learning Innovation (United States)), Elizabeth H Danter, Joseph Heimlich (Institute for Learning Innovation (United States)), Joseph E Heimlich, Betty A Dunckel (University of Florida), Chris Myers (Miami University) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 801-814 |
| Publication date | 2011-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Education Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1350-4622 • E-ISSN: 1469-5871 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13504622.2011.620700 |
| OpenAlex | W2105025198 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 17 |
Modern zoological gardens have invested substantial resources in technology to deliver environmental education concepts to visitors. Investment in these media reflects a currently unsubstantiated belief that visitors will both use and learn from these media alongside more traditional and less costly displays. This paper proposes a model that identifies key factors theorized to influence the likelihood of visitors engaging in technology-delivered media. Using data from two case studies of large National Science Foundation-funded projects in zoos, the authors argue key factors in predicting visitors’ technology use in zoos include: intrinsic and extrinsic variables (e.g. learning preference and age), perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, attraction to technology, intent to use, initial use, and continued use. Future research examining the model components and their effectiveness for predicting use is needed, as well as research comparing the specific learning outcomes from experiences facilitated by technology with learning outcomes from more traditional interpretive techniques
Business · Environmental education · Investment (military · Key (lock · Knowledge management · Media use · Pedagogy · Political science · Preference · Public relations · Sociology · Technology Acceptance Model · Usability · Animal and Plant Science Education · Computer Science · Digital Marketing and Social Media · Environmental Education and Sustainability · Psychology · Social Psychology · Marketing
A critical assessment of potential measurement biases in the technology acceptance model
Zoo experiences
From Intentions to Actions
A Theoretical Extension of the Technology Acceptance Model
Perceived Usefulness, Perceived Ease of Use, and User Acceptance of Information Technology
Chapter 29
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Changing minds? Reassessing outcomes in free‐choice environmental education
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
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| Citation span | 2014 - 2014 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |