Investigation of zoom faciliation of teachers according to different generations in the digital transformation process: A research in Istanbul

The main purpose of this study is to examine teachers' zoom fatigue in the digital transformation process according to different generations and demographic characteristics. In the research, data were collected with the relational scanning model. The universe of the research consists of 153 teachers working in the province of Istanbul in the 2022-2023 academic year. Demographic information form and Zoom Fatigue Scale were used as data collection tools in the study. Data analysis was performed using IBM SPSS 26 program. According to the research results; According to gender, in terms of teachers' zoom fatigue scale emotional fatigue sub-dimension, it was determined that the mean emotional fatigue score of women was higher than that of men. According to marital status, the average social fatigue score of single teachers is higher than that of married teachers. According to the status of having children, it was determined that the zoom fatigue scale mean score of the teachers who did not have children and the mean scores of the sub-dimensions of general fatigue, visual fatigue, social fatigue and motivational fatigue were higher than the teachers who had children. It was determined that the zoom fatigue scale and the general and social fatigue sub-dimension score averages of teachers working in private institutions were higher than teachers working in public institutions. While there was a difference between the scores of the teachers whose birth range was X generation and those whose birth range was Y and Z generation; It was determined that the average score obtained from zoom fatigue and all sub-dimensions of the teachers in the Y and Z generation was higher than the teachers in the X generation. According to the scores obtained from the zoom fatigue scale and general fatigue, visual fatigue and social fatigue sub-dimensions of teachers working for 11 years or more, it was determined that teachers who worked between 1-10 years were lower.