Abstract—With the advancement of information technology,
researches of e-learning have rapidly changed in focus and
breadth over the last several decades as consequence of changes
in educational tools, policies and practices. For elementary
school teachers, they must constantly update their knowledge
and skills in the field of information and education to remain
competitive. The objective of this study is to understand the
effect of information literacy and attitudes towards e-Learning
of primary school teachers’ willingness in Chiayi County,
Taiwan. This study employed questionnaire survey to analyze
relationship between teachers' information literacy and
attitudes towards e-Learning. There was a total of 124 schools
surveyed for the study. 232 Questionnaires were dispatched to
over 18 villages and towns in Chiayi County. A total of 218 valid
questionnaires was received and the valid response rate was
93.4%. Questionnaire data was analyzed by descriptive
statistics, t-Test, one-way ANOVA, and Pearson's correlation
coefficient. The results indicated that there was a strong
correlation between information literacy and attitudes towards
e-Learning of primary school teachers’ willingness in Chiayi
County, Taiwan.
Index Terms—Information literacy, e-learning, t-test,
one-way ANOVA, pearson's correlation.
York Min-Yu Sun and Hann-Jang Ho are with the Department of Applied
Digital Media, WuFeng University, Min-Hsiung, Chiayi County, 625,
Taiwan (e-mail: york@wfu.edu.tw, hhj@wfu.edu.tw).
Rong Jou Yang was with WuFeng University, Min-Hsiung, Chiayi
County, 625, Taiwan. He is now with the Department of Computer Science,
the University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968 USA (e-mail:
ryang@miners.utep.edu).
Yu-Fen Chang was with WuFeng University, Min-Hsiung, Chiayi
County, Taiwan. She is now with the Guogou Elementary School, Budai,
Chiayi County, 625, Taiwan (e-mail: hcc34327@ms19.hinet.net).
Cite: York Min-Yu Sun, Rong Jou Yang, Hann-Jang Ho, and Yu-Fen Chang, "An Analysis of Information Literacy and Attitudes towards e-Learning of Elementary School Teachers," International Journal of Information and Education Technology vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 139-145, 2018.