Role of ICT in Shaping the Future of Pakistani Higher Education System

Autor/inn/en	Shaikh, Zaffar Ahmed; Khoja, Shakeel Ahmed
Titel	Role of ICT in Shaping the Future of Pakistani Higher Education System
Quelle	In: Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 10 (2011) 1, S.149-161 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1303-6521
Schlagwörter	Expertise; Delphi Technique; Higher Education; Foreign Countries; Questionnaires; Information Technology; Economic Factors; Strategic Planning; Technology Integration; Educational Planning; Pakistan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Expert appraisal; Delphi-Methode; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Ausland; Fragebogen; Informationstechnologie; Ökonomischer Faktor; Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Bildungsplanung
Abstract	This study examined the challenges faced by the Pakistani higher education system (HES) in integrating information and communication technology (ICT); it aimed at understanding ICT needs, measuring the increase in ICT demand, determining the relationship between ICT and HES performance, and understanding how the HES copes with the challenges of implementing ICT. The results of these analyses were used as the basis to suggest solutions. The normative Delphi method was applied to evaluate a sample of 30 HES experts randomly selected from urban and rural areas of Pakistan by administering a literature-based 35-item questionnaire. The experts revealed significant gaps in ICT demand and supply, ICT use, ICT-based higher education problems, and reasons for delays in ICT integration and provided suggestions for developing ICT-driven HES in Pakistan. This study's findings suggest that an effective and robust HES ICT policy could greatly improve the status of the Pakistani knowledge-based economy, thus helping establish ICT policy and planning, administration, and integration at the higher education level. (Contains 4 figures and 3 tables.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Sakarya University. Esentepe Campus, Adapazari 54000, Turkey. Tel: +90-505-2431868; Fax: +90-264-6141034; e-mail: tojet@sakarya.edu.tr; Web site: http://www.tojet.net
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10