Computer Self-Efficacy, Information Technology (It) Competency And Teaching Effectiveness Of Teachers Among Higher Education Institutions

Abstract

This study determined the level of computer self-efficacy, IT competency and teaching effectiveness of the faculty members. The respondents in this study were the sample of faculty purposively taken from Higher Education Institution in Iloilo.  The descriptive research method was used as the research design of the study. A researcher-made questionnaire on the level of computer self-efficacy, IT competency and teaching effectiveness of faculty were used to gather data. They were classified according to age, sex, marital status, years of teaching experiences, highest educational attainment, major field of  specialization, and number of IT trainings attended. The validity of the questionnaire was determined by presenting the questionnaire to the panel of experts with the use of the Eight-Point Criteria of Good and Scates. The reliability was tested to 30 faculty members in the province of Iloilo. The data were gathered, tabulated and subjected to statistical analyses. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used in this study. The statistical tools used were the frequency count, percentage, mean, Mann-Whitney U-test, Kruskall Wallis H test and Spearman rho with the aid of computers’ Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) Software. The level of significance was set at 0.05 alpha.The findings of the study were majority of teachers were 36 – 50 years old, female, married, bachelor’s degree, general education, 11 – 20 years of teaching experience and 11 – 20 number of IT trainings. There was a very high level of computer self-efficacy, competency and teaching effectiveness of teachers. There were no significant differences in the level of computer self-efficacy, IT competencies and teaching effectiveness of teachers when classified according to age, sex, marital status, years of teaching experiences, highest educational attainment, major field of specialization, and number of IT trainings attended. There were significant relationships among the level of computer self-efficacy, IT competency and teaching effectiveness of teachers..