Crossing the digital divide: ICT implementation in the Al-Ula District

Fahad Albalawi ()
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Fahad Albalawi: General Directorate of Education in Madinah

Technium Social Sciences Journal, 2021, vol. 18, issue 1, 135-145

Abstract: This study investigated the use of information and communication technology (ICT) within the Al-Ula school district of Saudi Arabia. Participants for this study were teachers and principals in the Al-Ula school district who had experience using ICT within their schools. Data consisted of interviews with these participants, which were analyzed qualitatively. The central question of this study was: What do teachers and principals identify as the challenges to implementing educational technology in Al-Ula schools? Findings showed multiple barriers to ICT implementation at the organizational, practical/material, and individual level, including a lack of resources, training, policy, and plan for ICT implementation.

Keywords: Information and communication technology (ICT); change implementation processes; education in Saudi Arabia; instructional uses of ICT; Al-Ula school district. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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