ICT (Information And Communication Technologies) Adoption Model For Educational Institutions

It is well known that implementation of technology as an enabler in the education system is complex. Right from introducing the technology to advanced use of it, and anywhere in the world, technology implementation has been a research topic for many. Education settings, users, government policies, basic infrastructure availability, performance pressures, leadership – reasons galore. Moreover, it is just not implementation but even taking a first step of thinking about technology in education itself is not all that easy. The research in case has identified exact challenges faced by the higher education sector in adopting information and communication technologies or ICT. Though challenges may sound to be easy to list, researchers have taken efforts to identify reasons from various stakeholders (owners, heads of institutions, professors, students) to bring a completeness in the outcome. Going beyond, the study suggests ICT adoption model, very specific to higher education academia in India. The model is being tested already and has been recommended as a policy measure to the challenges faced in ICT adoption. Though the study has been conducted from the perspective of Indian higher education sector, researchers feel the ICT Adoption Model can be applicable to other sectors and regions too.