Investigating EFL teachers' motivation towards web-based professional development in a Turkish context

Evidence suggests that motivation is among the most important factors for participation in web-based professional development (WPD) activities. My experience during online education that has driven this research. Up to now, very little attention has been paid to the importance of motivation on WPD. It states a need to comprehend the different perceptions of motivation that exist among studies. This prospective study was designed to investigate how EFL teachers are motivated toward WPD. The research data in this thesis is collected from a hundred nine teachers working in a foundation university. In order to identify teachers' preferences, the participants responded to twenty-nine items using a 7-point Likert scale. Descriptive data were generated for all variables. Statistical significance was analysed using analysis of variance and t-tests as appropriate. All analyses were carried out using SPSS, version 23.0. The findings revealed that the teachers who were highly motivated and the respondents who reported low levels of motivation are nearly equal. Moreover, their motivation toward WPD did not distinct significantly with respect to gender, age, marital status, number of children they have, department, employment status, unit, principal area, degree status and computer competency. However, this study has identified that participants' motivation is significantly dissimilar in regard to experience and the Internet competency. Moreover, the results of this investigation show that there are some relationships between sub-dimensions. One of the most important findings to come out in this study is that the category of practical enhancement has the highest score of all dimensions. The present study has been one of the first attempts to thoroughly examine the motivation toward WPD.