The Relationship of Technology Use to Perception of Instructional Quality
Abstract: This study examined student’s perceptions of different forms of technology use for instruction purposes by faculty and whether these different forms of technology can predict instructional quality. The study sought to explore whether different forms of technology: Productivity Tools, Presentation Tools, Communication Tools, and World Wide Web Tools, reliably predict instructional quality using the Chickering and Gamson (1991) seven principles of good practice in undergraduate education as a guide. The study also aimed at examining which of the predictors is more important in predicting instructional quality. Data were collected with an online questionnaire. A large Midwestern University Teacher Education program was the accessible population from which a convenient sample was drawn. A total of 121 responses were used in the analysis. The response rate of the study was 56.6%. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data.
Presider: Donna McCaw, Western Illinois University