The relationship between ICT integration and improvement in teaching as perceived by college instructors
by Chowdhury, Musabbir, Ph.D., WALDEN UNIVERSITY, 2009, 173 pages; 3355030

Abstract:

Colleges invest significant amounts of time and money to acquire modern information and communication technologies (ICT) to facilitate faculty use of ICT to improve teaching, yet little research has been done to measure faculty perceptions of its effectiveness and use. The purpose of this quantitative, nonexperimental study was to investigate the relationship between ICT integration into teaching and faculty perceptions of ICT use to improve teaching. The research questions sought to measure the frequency of ICT integration in college teaching and the perceptions of faculty of its effectiveness. The study also sought to determine if a correlation existed between faculty beliefs and practices regarding ICT integration, and whether there were differences across gender, disciplines, technology experience, and teaching experience in faculty perceptions and use of ICT. Constructivism, Banathy’s systems design of education, and Roger’s theory of diffusion of innovation provided the theoretical foundations for this study. A sample of 203 faculty members from 4 Canadian colleges participated in this survey-based, research. Survey data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, and MANOVA. The results of the correlation analysis identified a significant inverse relationship between beliefs about ICT integration and practice in the classroom. The result of the MANOVA tests indicated significant differences across gender, discipline, technology experience, and teaching experience with the use of ICT in the classroom to improve teaching and learning. These findings may be used to promote positive social change through the integration of ICT into curriculum, the encouragement of ICT training for college instructors, and the development of technology plans to establish more effective ICT integration practices.

 
AdviserTimothy Powell
SchoolWALDEN UNIVERSITY
SourceDAI/A 70-04, p. , Jun 2009
Source TypeDissertation
SubjectsInformation technology; Educational technology; Higher education
Publication Number3355030
Adobe PDF Access the complete dissertation:
 

» Find an electronic copy at your library.
  Use the link below to access a full citation record of this graduate work:
  http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl%3furl_ver=Z39.88-2004%26res_dat=xri:pqdiss%26rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation%26rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3355030
  If your library subscribes to the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) database, you may be entitled to a free electronic version of this graduate work. If not, you will have the option to purchase one, and access a 24 page preview for free (if available).

About ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
With over 2.3 million records, the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) database is the most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses in the world. It is the database of record for graduate research.

The database includes citations of graduate works ranging from the first U.S. dissertation, accepted in 1861, to those accepted as recently as last semester. Of the 2.3 million graduate works included in the database, ProQuest offers more than 1.9 million in full text formats. Of those, over 860,000 are available in PDF format. More than 60,000 dissertations and theses are added to the database each year.

If you have questions, please feel free to visit the ProQuest Web site - http://www.proquest.com - or call ProQuest Hotline Customer Support at 1-800-521-3042.