Integrating ICT into Teaching-Learning Practices: Promise, Challenges and Future Directions of Higher Educational Institutes.

摘要: Education is a very socially oriented activity and quality education has traditionally been associated with strong teachers having high degrees of personal contact students technologies. Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) have become commonplace entities in all aspects life. The use ICT fundamentally changed the practices procedures nearly forms endeavour within business governance. Within education, begun to presence but impact not as extensive other fields. lends itself more student-centred learning settings often this creates some tensions for instructors students. But world moving rapidly into digital media information, integration teaching-learning becoming important importance will continue grow develop 21st century. This study aimed at exploring process integrating its emerging challenges Adama Science Technology University. In study, mixed design (quantitative & qualitative) line descriptive survey method was used. sample population consisted 203 respondents (188 instructors, 10 school deans their vices 5 department heads) from five schools. Instruments were observation, individual interviews questionnaires. argues role transforming teaching seeks explore how on way programs be offered delivered universities future. analysis data revealed that yet accomplished. participants, both students, positive attitudes towards considerable knowledge understanding potential learning. However, university fails provide appropriate ICT-training courses technical skills. Having said this, there are crucial examples horizontal integration; is, opportunities meaningful contexts. finding suggest relationship between practitioners‘ stages concern adoption, which can described follows: level moves self-concerns‘ task impact-concerns‘, adoption also likely move entry invention. Although reveal factors prevented using learning, among these institutional ones such lack proper access resources, overcrowded-classrooms, pedagogical support influential process. researcher then recommended that, ministry Sample University should pass bill national assembly effective facilities educational system by provision adequate fund, securing experts ensuring monitored time time.