Implementation of ICT at University Level during Covid-19 Pandemic: An Evidence from Yemen
AUTHORS
Abdullah M. Al-Ansi,Faculty of Education, Thamar University, Yemen
ABSTRACT
Integration of ICT in higher education has a significant role after the full transition to remote learning during the outbreak Covid-19 pandemic. This research aims to investigate the impact of the internet accessibility, management system, e-learning infrastructure, and organization ICT policy on the integration of ICT usage during the Covid-19 pandemic among the faculty members and students of Thamar University, Yemen. A quantitative approach was used to collect data by conducting online surveys. Participants of the surveys were 264 educators, staff, and students of Thamar University. Data were analyzed using different statistical techniques including descriptive statistics, exploratory factor analysis, correlation, and multiple regressions to determine the impact of interaction among variables. Results reveal evidence that internet accessibility, management system, and infrastructure have a significant positive impact on the integration of ICT in higher education. In addition, integration of ICT with the university's Policies has an insignificant negative impact on the usage of technology. Furthermore, these results give significant evidence of transition to virtual learning in developing countries generally. Practical implications contributed by this research include the practice of using ICT as an instruction tool during the pandemic by adopting ICT infrastructure, access to the internet, developing learning management systems, and implementing the right policies. Finally, both ministry of education, higher education institutions are recommended to take responsibility in facilitating and supporting e-learning systems continuously as long as this pandemic has yet lasted.
KEYWORDS
ICT, Internet accessibility, Management system, Infrastructure, ICT policies, Higher education
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