Instructors' Educational ICT Use in Higher Education in Developing Countries: Evidence from Three Ethiopian Universities

Autor/inn/en	Ferede, Bekalu; Elen, Jan; van Petegem, Wim; Hunde, Adula Bekele; Goeman, Katie
Titel	Instructors' Educational ICT Use in Higher Education in Developing Countries: Evidence from Three Ethiopian Universities
Quelle	In: Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 34 (2022) 3, S.658-678 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Ferede, Bekalu)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1042-1726
DOI	10.1007/s12528-022-09316-3
Schlagwörter	Information Technology; Technology Uses in Education; Higher Education; Developing Nations; Foreign Countries; Universities; Technology Integration; College Faculty; Instructional Materials; Material Development; Faculty Development; Student Evaluation; Information Dissemination; Curriculum Development; Ethiopia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Informationstechnologie; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Ausland; University; Universität; Fakultät; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Lehrmaterialentwicklung; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Informationsverbreitung; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Äthiopien
Abstract	Developing countries exert much effort to improve the quality of their higher education. The use of information and communication technology (ICT) may address some of the quality problems in higher education in these countries. Previous studies on this topic stressed the impact of ICT use on learning, the status of ICT integration in education, and the factors associated with ICT integration with minimal attention to how instructors in higher education in developing countries use ICT. This study employed a qualitative approach, collecting data from twenty-one by then active instructors in three public universities in Ethiopia through focus group discussion to explore the educational use of ICT. The data were transcribed verbatim and analyzed thematically using ATLAS.ti software. The results show that instructors in the selected Ethiopian universities use ICT for course facilitation, course materials preparation, professional development, assessment, and information and resource exchange purposes. However, these findings do not reveal a transformative use of ICT in education, which may imply that ICT is not used in a manner that alters existing teacher-centered approaches. This study suggests that future studies may focus on why instructors rarely use ICT in a transformative way and developing a tailor-made and efficient model that informs practice. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01