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Education through the Internet is being shaped by the next wave of Web technology
where productivity, collaborative tools and the ubiquity of computers play a major role
in changing methods of peer interaction and collaboration. Because future educational
technologists will play vital roles in navigating through this technical complexity and
exploring potential learning opportunities, it is imperative to understand their intentions
to participate in online teaching. This study adopted Ajzen’s Theory of Planned
Behavior (TpB) as a theoretical framework, and used its four constructs (attitude, subjective
norm, perceived control and intention) to survey 119 educational technology
doctoral students’ intentions to participate in online teaching. Hierarchical multiple
regression analysis and content analysis were used to analyze the data collected. Results
showed that the attitudinal and subjective norm constructs of TpB had significant
impacts on prediction of participants’ intentions to participate in online teaching.
Results also indicated that age and online teaching experience played a significant mediating
role in affecting participants’ attitude toward online teaching. Implications of the
findings were discussed.