The integration of information technology in higher education: A study of faculty's attitude towards IT adoption in the teaching process

Abstract

It is a reality that advancement of Information Technology revolutionized the business practices and strategies of entire industries. The field of higher education is not an exception to this phenomenon. Colleges and universities around the world are investing considerable amount of money to create Information Technology resources that meet their student's and faculty's instructional needs. While universities encourage their faculties to adopt the new technologies for their preparation and delivery of classes, various other factors influence the integration or resistance of acceptance of these technologies. Age, highest education earned, teaching experience, computer competency, prior computer experience, availability of technology, Institutional support etc. are examples of these factors. Based

Antecedents Brand Trust and Private Universities Reputation

“…Libraries that provide ICT (Information and Communication Technology) facilities and e-journal subscriptions are more attractive to students as a place to study and research (Brendan, Boniface, Ezema, & Ugwu, 2014) Technological acceptance in the form of ease of use e-learning system and infrastructure capability significantly influence the effectiveness of E-CRM (Jafari Navimipour & Soltani, 2016). The CRM model can improve the relationship between prospective customers (students, parents and communities) with institutions in creating emotional ties that can create two-way communication between users and providers of the academic system (Fathoni, 2014).The application of information technology significantly influences their ease and attitude towards the use of information technology education (John, 2015). Ease of use, access and reliability of the choice board system affect the satisfaction and decisions of system users (Bharati & Chaudhury, 2006).…”

Assessing the dimensionality and educational impacts of integrated ICT literacy in the higher education context

“…HE institutions around the world are investing considerable amounts of money to create ICT resources that meet their students' and teachers' instructional needs (Ansyari, 2015;John, 2015;Watty, McKay, & Ngo, 2016). This is so because ICT is now integral to student learning experiences in most HE institutions.…”

Journey of ERP from Manufacturing to Education Industry

“…It is noticed that ERP is gladly accepted by young staffs, which is showed by their eagerness to learn the software. Differences in acceptance to ERP also has been found among people with computer anxiety ) and experience of using computers (John, 2015). Those who have computer self-efficacy have been found to be accepting ERP gladly (John, 2015).…”

“…Differences in acceptance to ERP also has been found among people with computer anxiety ) and experience of using computers (John, 2015). Those who have computer self-efficacy have been found to be accepting ERP gladly (John, 2015). Goel et al(2011) found that lack of knowledge related to ERP system was one factor which lead to failure in implementation.…”