Status of ICT Integration in Teacher Education Institutions of Assam: An Exploratory Study

Abstract

The present study is an attempt to explore the status of ICT integration in institutional activities, teaching, assessment, professional development, and internship of Teacher Education Institutions (TEI) of Assam. A survey method was used for the study. The sample consists of four TEIs, 20 Teacher Educators (TE) and 80 Trainees selected randomly from TEIs affiliated to Guwahati University of Assam, India. Three self-developed questionnaires were used by the investigator for data collection. The collected data were analyzed by using frequency, average and percentage and accordingly interpretations are made. The study revealed that- i) All the TEIs have minimum ICT facilities and resources available are in functional condition; ii) majority of TEIs use ICT for performing various institutional activities; iii) majority of the teacher educators were found sometimes using ICT for teaching-learning, assessment, and for professional development; iv) most of the trainees were found not using a variety of ICT devices and applications for learning and teaching during internship and v) lack of technical skills among teacher educators and trainees are major challenges in the path of effective utilization of ICT. The study has proposed for developing techno-pedagogical skills of teacher educators and trainees to effectively integrate ICT in teaching-learning, administration, assessment and evaluation as well as professional development.