Interactive whiteboards: do teachers really use them interactively?

Abstract

The aim of this quantitative study is to examine high school teachers’ use of specific features of interactive whiteboards (IWBs). During the 2012–2013 academic school year, 535 teachers in pilot schools from 10 provinces under the FATIH Project (Movement of Enhancing Opportunities and Improving Technology) participated. Data were collected through a three-factor usage level scale developed by the researchers and analyzed through descriptive statistics and non-parametric tests. No significant difference was found between the use of the interactive features of an IWB and sex, education level, or subject area. However, a significant difference was found between the use of interactive features and professional experience, city, computer ownership, in-field IWB training, previous IWB experience, usage duration, frequency of use, and the case of suggesting the use of IWBs to other teachers. © 2015 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.