Abstract
This is a review article on the adoption of technology in higher education. Higher education in general is looked at. Nursing Education is also higher education and therefore it will not be addressed separately, but mentioned in some instances. The article presents a look into how students and lecturers experience change, as well as barriers they perceive in the integration and adoption of technology. Some suggestions are made to the adoption process as well as the necessity for personnel development in information technology. The role that Information Technology personnel play in the adoption and integration process of technology is also discussed.
Highlights
Institutions of higher learning are experiencing exciting yet distressing times
To expect the educational system to go from a world almost totally without technology, except where teaching people how to use the tech nology is the point of exercise, to a world where most learning occurs from a computer screen, is too big a jump
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Summary
Institutions of higher learning are experiencing exciting yet distressing times. New learning and teaching needs will and are emerging, some existing learning and teaching needs will evaporate, and others will continue to exist. A lecturer is faced with newly developed technology or is it rather technology that existed already but is only being suggested as a solution to educate the masses. As technology develops and information becomes more avail able to the community, health care demands change.
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