Factors influencing the use of computer mediated communication by teachers in secondary schools (...

1. Results and Conclusions: favourable influence on targets groups, integrate CMC for teaching purposes, CMC used for supportive tasks, conditions to increase teacher development and computing skills in teaching, it requires time for adopting new methods.

2. Instruments standardised questionnaire (6 sections)

2.1. Demographics: age,gender and teaching subject

2.2. Computer expericence: level of computer experience.

2.3. Attitudes towards CMC: items to assess attitudes.

2.4. Innovativeness: personal willingness to adopt techonological innovation.

2.5. Attributes: In order to predict the adoption of CMC as an innovation.

3. Population

3.1. All teachers active in Dutch-language secondary education in Brussels

3.2. 1. Teachers who are familiar with CMC applications

3.3. 2. Teachers who only use computers as a stand- alone machine

4. Exploratory study from Brussels