Motivating teachers to use information technology in educational process within Saudi Arabia
by Sara Manour Almutairi; Adnan Abdul-Aziz Gutub; Nouf Awad Al-Juaid
International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning (IJTEL), Vol. 12, No. 2, 2020

Abstract: This study seeks specific strategies to motivate teachers within Saudi Arabia to use Information technology (IT) in the educational process. The work evaluated using IT considering particular concerns within the Saudi region. It, then, suggests the possible tuning strategies making teachers motivated to adopt IT in their educational job. The research surveys 100 different schools to identify the impact of using IT on the students, teachers, principals and students' parents. The surveys are build utilising different paragraphs specifically designed according to the region situations as well as group categorisation, that is of students, teachers, principals and parents. The research questionnaires of every category have been distributed and completed electronically by more than 10,000 users within schools of Saudi Arabia. The study used the statistics to show the expected IT impact on the educational process including the administrative influence as well as student family life. The work used means and standard deviations to analyse the results and build specific recommendations geared towards teachers' motivation. The study proved specific urgency for improvement tuning need within the schooling system. Its main advises are found urgently essential to be considered in order to motivate the teachers via specific strategies leading to interesting educational improvements.

Online publication date: Thu, 02-Apr-2020

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