AJRSH Volume2,Issue11(November,2012)ISSN22497315

A Peer Reviewed International Journal of Asian Research Consortium

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ASIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN SOCIAL SCIENCE & HUMANITIES ACADEMIC USE OF E- LEARNING TECHNOLOGY: THE ROLE AND EFFECTIVENESS IN AN ACADEMIC CONTEXT
DR. SHRIKRISHNA PATEL*; DR. NISHA PANDEY**; SANJAY SRIVASTAVA*** *Faculty of Education, D.A.V. Training College, Kanpur, India. **Faculty of Education, D.A.V. Training College, Kanpur, India. ***Faculty of Education, D.A.V. Training College, Kanpur, India. ABSTRACT This paper identifies the present role and effectiveness of Academic use of e learning technology and its important areas in an academic context. The first objective is to identify the role of ICT, especially e learning in education and training of teaching staff. The second objective related to understand the effectiveness of e learning, which is further subcategorized in to two key issues. JournalofAsianResearchConsortium http://www.aijsh.org 1. Factors of e- learning implementation in the context of challenges, Opportunity and adoption of e- learning technology. 2. Factors influencing effective and ineffective e-learning implementations among academic staff of different disciplines. (Adopted from, Bechar 1994). A structured interview scheduled with close ended questions was prepared by the researcher and was used for data collection in the present study. The sample comprised of 200 academic staff (Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Head of Department., Directors and Principals) which were categorized in 4 knowledge and disciplinary groups (adapted from Becher 1994), each group consists of 50 participants which were randomly selected from the selected colleges affiliated to Kanpur University.

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The data was collected using survey method. Statistical analysis was performed using chi squire test. There is a significant difference between their rationales. Pure Science and Technologies Academician rationale emphasizes practical applications; in contrast Pure Social Science, Humanities and Applied Social Science academics' rationale emphasizes the literature review and research findings. The results showed that the difference of knowledge regarding eLearning technology acceptance was found to be significant among different disciplines KEY WORDS: e-learning, ICT, Disciplinary differences.

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