تلخیص
The main objectives of the research were to measure the usage of information and
communication technology (ICT) among the public and private sector university faculty, to
measure the awareness of private and public sector university faculty about usage of ICT in
the teaching and learning process and to explore the role of faculty demographic variations in
determining their usage of ICT. Population of this study was comprised of faculty working in
the public and private sector universities of Rawalpindi/Islamabad. A stratified random
sample of 52 male and 48 female university faculty members was collected from 3 public and
3 private universities. A 30 items research questionnaire was used to collect data; it was
analyzed with the help of SPSS 18 by using various statistics like Mean, SD, Correlation and
ANOVA. Research findings revealed a significant difference in the awareness of public and
private sector faculty in regards to the use of ICT. The results portray gender differences in the
usage of ICTs; male faculty members use ICT more in the teaching learning process than
female faculty members. Professors were among most common ICT users than Assistant
Professors and Lecturers. The study would be beneficial for the university faculty in order to
create realization of the usage of ICT in the teaching and learning environment. For the
advancement of knowledge, proper utilization of ICT tools and services are extremely
important therefore, teachers, education planners and curriculum developers take inspiration
from the finding of the study.
Hafsa Ahmed, Fauzia Kurshid. (2016) Usage of Information and Communication Technology among Public and Private Sector University Faculty , Journal of Elementary Education, Volume-26, Issue-1.
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