"Don't forget the Teachers!": Evaluating the Impact of IT Integration into a University Curriculum

In this paper, we report on the findings of two surveys, one year apart, into the experiences and attitudes of teachers in a university English-teaching unit to the prospect of a curriculum increasingly mediated through information technology. The responses bear witness to the problems teachers experienced in attempting to computerise their pedagogical practices, and show how issues of technology, workload and support in the end can contribute to levels of anxiety and resistance in the workplace. By the end of the 2nd year, a few teachers remained skeptical that computers can enhance language teaching, but any remaining apprehension regarding IT tended to be focused on real administrative and logistical problems of implementation. The paper concludes with recommendations to institutions seeking to pursue the path of integrating IT into well-established curricular practices.