Teachers’ Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Assessment Tools: A Review

Abstract

This paper presents a systematic review intending to summarize the state of the art in the field of teachers' information and communication technology ICT competency assessment by identifying and analyzing existing tools and approaches for assessing teachers' ICT competency level. By conducting a systematic mapping study, a total of 11 papers has been selected and reviewed. Our results deliver some important findings focusing on the following key features: the objectives addressed by the assessment tools, the approaches used to assess teachers' ICT competencies, the ICT competency framework that the tool relies on, and the related technical environment. This review demonstrates that there is a lack in terms of assessing teachers' competencies required to mainstream effectively ICT in education. Designing and developing an assessment tool intended for identifying and measuring Teachers' ICT Competencies pursuant an ICT competency framework would be the cornerstone towards recommending the most appropriate materials according to the teacher training needs and requirements.