Digitalising education: Teacher’s perceptions towards integration of ICT in education

Abstract

“Information and Communication Technology”(ICT) transformed the education by providing tools and technologies that enhance teaching, learning, and administrative processes. It has the potential to improve the quality and reach of education, and prepare learners for the challenges of the digital age especially in a country like India with limited resources and mass population. The present study has been undertaken to examine the teacher’s perception of use and effectiveness of ICT in teaching and important elements in its effective utilisation. It further examined the challenges in implementation of ICT in education.The survey revealed that teachers find teaching resources and materials available online more updated and useful. They can refer to it in order to design more interesting and engaging lesson for students. It is further revealed that the use of ICT promotes active and engaging lesson for students’ best learning experience. The findings reinforce the need to give proper training to both teachers and students, so that they can use technology in education effectively. Institutional support for making latest hardware and software available, reliable network, power backup and free Wi-Fi facility are other important element for successful integration of ICT with traditional teaching.