Faculty Use and Impressions of Courseware Management Tools: A National Survey

Technology in the classroom is changing the way faculties instruct and students learn. Understanding how faculty members perceive and use technology for learning is important for improving the educational process because instructor perceptions can potentially be a hindrance to the use and implementation of technology. This paper describes the results of a survey that investigated faculty Internet usage for instructional purposes as well as their perceptions of courseware management and Web-publishing tools. The survey targeted a random sample of engineering faculty at ABET-accredited universities. The survey results show that while many faculty members are using both Web-publishing tools and courseware management tools for delivering educational content, they use these tools for only a small subset of pedagogical activities.