The Relationship between the Attitudes of Islamic Education Lecturers towards the Application and Knowledge of Multimedia in Teaching

Abstract

The advancement of technology has provided innovation in teaching and learning particularly at the Higher Learning Institutions. This article aims to identify the relationship between Islamic Education lecturers’ attitudes towards the application and knowledge of multimedia in teaching. This study is in the form of a survey conducted to obtain quantitative data. The data collected can explain the level of multimedia usage, the level of multimedia knowledge, and lecturers’ attitudes in the application of multimedia via a questionnaire which uses the stratified random sampling method. The sample consists of 250 out of 1709 Islamic Education lecturers at the Higher Learning Institutions in West Sumatra who serve in the universities, institutes and high schools. The results showed that the level of application of multimedia among lecturers was still at a moderate level while the level of multimedia knowledge was high and lecturers’ attitudes showed a high mean score. For these reasons, training and courses related to multimedia teaching must be increased and taken into account by the responsible parties

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