An Investigation of Digital Teaching Material Design Proficiency Levels in Terms of Various Variables

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This research aims to examine pre-service science teachers' self-efficacy in developing digital teaching materials with web 2.0 tools according to various variables. The study was conducted by the quantitative research method and the survey model was utilized. The sample of the study consists of 450 pre-service science teachers studying at three different state universities in Turkey. Data were collected through the "Self-Efficacy Scale of Teachers' Digital Teaching Material Development.” While analyzing the data; descriptive statistics, t-tests, and analysis of variance tests were used. According to the findings, the pre-service science teachers' self-efficacy in developing digital materials with Web 2 tools differed significantly according to their university, year of university education, and previous content development with Web 2.0. However, no significant differentiation was observed according to their gender. In light of all these results, it was found that pre-service teachers' proficiency in producing digital material using Web 2.0 is at a moderate level and differed significantly according to various variables.