Abstract
This report presents the results of a survey study conducted spring 2016 semester in the College of Business Administration at a major Midwestern university in the USA. The findings show that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) are included in all aspects of the participants’ lives and they generally agree and are excited about the opportunity to have the new Internet of Things (IoT) Crestron System in the classrooms. However, despite the enthusiasm, only a minority of the teachers are engaged in content creation activities using technological, multimedia, or online tools. There is a gap between their everyday ICT skills and their skills for teaching and learning. This article describes this gap and provides suggestions for reducing it.
Highlights
Ubiquitous Internet connectivity and widely accessible Information and Communication Technology (ICT) devices in the last decade have changed the perspective of the higher education community [1]
Additional analyses show that all respondents have access to some type of an ICT device
In pursuit of our study’s second goal, we found that faculty in the College of Business Administration (CBA) have a medium to high level of usage of the core set of ICT applications for teaching and learning, which can be attributed to the technology emphasis and facilities provided by administration and the college Information Technology (IT) department
Summary
Ubiquitous Internet connectivity and widely accessible ICT devices in the last decade have changed the perspective of the higher education community [1]. Many have claimed that technological changes will dramatically alter both business and pedagogical models [2]. This trend has continued with the advent of the Internet of Things (IoT) and its place in higher education [3]–[6]. The evolution of ICT has directly affected the forms in which people interact, socialize, and work [7]. ICT offers both new approaches for learning, and new forms of interaction, thereby changing relationships in the classroom [9], [10]. The role of ICT and related updates in education becomes a central issue in higher education [16]
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