ICT Enabled Pedagogy in the Higher Education Institutions of Tamil Nadu -Faculty Perspective

The educational system has been revamped to match with the modern-day requirements and currently India has institutions of repute across several disciplines. The state of Tamil Nadu has reserved a dominant place in the higher education landscape of our country with over 1000 higher education institutions offering programmes across various professional courses. This study is to find out the status and the factors contribute to the satisfaction by enabling ICT in higher education pedagogy, and is conducted among the faculty members. There were 533 Engineering institutions in 2017 according to AICTE. 10% of the population units were considered that brought to 50 Engineering, Management & Technology across Tamil Nadu (total of 81 institutions) with 552 samples were considered for the study through proportionate sampling. SPSS software was used for data analysis and methods like percentage analysis and linear regression methods. The findings of the study revealed that ICT integration is the most significant factor in contributing to the overall satisfaction.

I. Introduction

Indian education sector remains to be a high priority strategic plan of the government [1]. The way of dissemination of knowledge has changed with the application of Information Technology. It has changed the way of communication between teachers and the students. Implementation of ICT will help to achieve democratization in education [2]. The role of ICT in education is eventually becoming significant in the 21^st century. It allows the educational institutions to connect with the deprived people and open avenues for new markets globally. It is essential to encourage and develop open and distance learning [3].