Abstract:

This study aims to adapt the survey of "Perceptions and Applications of Online Educators Towards Online Teaching", which will reveal the roles and perceptions of teachers in online learning environments into Turkish. The scale was developed by Chang et al. (2014). For this purpose, necessary permissions were obtained from the authors who created the scale before starting the adaptation into Turkish. After the scale, which was originally in English, was translated into Turkish, the original scale text and the translation file were sent to 2 English teachers, and they were asked to review and necessary corrections were made in line with the feedback received. For the expert opinion of the scale, the opinions of 2 faculty members working in the field of Computer and Instructional Technologies were consulted. The scale was finalized in line with the suggestions received. Within the scope of the validity and reliability studies of the scale, data were collected on a voluntary basis from 414 teachers working in official and private educational institutions affiliated with the Ministry of National Education. The scale used consists of 40 items and seven dimensions in total. Confirmatory factor analysis was performed to test the construct validity of the scale. The scale's internal consistency was tested by calculating the Cronbach Alpha coefficient, and corrected item-total correlations were analyzed for item consistency. The results showed that the survey of "Perceptions and Applications of Online Educators Towards Online Teaching" is valid and reliable.

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