Faculty perspectives on barriers of blended-learning adoption: A Ghana technology university college case study

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Title

Faculty perspectives on barriers of blended-learning adoption: A Ghana technology university college case study

Creator

Ahmed Antwi-Boampong

Description

Ghana Technology University College (GTUC) adopted Blended-Learning as the main teaching and delivery approach in 2014 with the aim of uploading eighty percent of course contents online by 2021.This approach however has not found wide spread adoption from faculty members who are expected to lead the drive. This paper presents findings from an exploratory, qualitative case study that examines the factors that inhibit faculty’s’ successful adoption of blended- learning. A total of 15 faculty members from four faculties of Ghana Technology University College (GUTC) responded to interview questions. Findings were based on content analysis of transcripts. The results of the study show that factors impacting on faculty decisions to adopt blended- learning were:- inadequate technical support, inadequate faculty capacity, wrong training approach, inadequate facilities, lack of management commitment to the …

Publisher

IATED

Date

2018

Source

https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=riwB9JUAAAAJ&citation_for_view=riwB9JUAAAAJ:rbm3iO8VlycC

Language

English