Investigating the mediating role of information literacy in the impact of modern educational technology on the improvement of human resources (case study: physical education teachers in Karaj)

The purpose of the research was to investigate the mediating role of information literacy in the impact of modern educational technology on the improvement of human resources (case study: physical education teachers in Karaj).

descriptive-analytical research method was field method. The current research population is 683 physical education teachers in Karaj. The sample size of the present study was determined by using Morgan's table of 246 people. The sampling method of the above research was stratified random. The measurement tools included new educational technology questionnaires (Yavoz, 2005), human resources improvement questionnaire (Volba and Jansen, 2010) and information literacy questionnaire (Siamak and Daverpanah, 2015). The content and form validity of the questionnaires were confirmed by the professors and then the Cronbach's alpha reliability of the modern educational technology questionnaire was 0.70, the Cronbach's alpha reliability of the human resources improvement questionnaire was 0.81, and the Cronbach's alpha reliability of the information literacy questionnaire was 0.76. In order to analyze the data of the present research, structural equation modeling method was used. The entire process of analysis was done using spss19 and Amose23 software.

The findings of the research showed that information literacy plays a mediating role in the impact of modern educational technology on the improvement of human resources.

Therefore, it can be concluded that if human resources have sufficient information literacy, modern educational technology can create an environment that enriches the educational environment, skills, behavior, learning style and improvement of human resources.