Integrating Computers into Accounting Education: A Survey of Australian Universities and Colleges

Conflicts of ideas occur in the literature regarding the necessity and best approach in integrating computers into accounting courses in institutions of higher learning. This paper presents a report of a survey of the use of computer assisted learning in accounting curriculum in Australian universities and colleges, academics commitment to computer assisted learning and obstacles to further applications of computer assisted learning in accounting courses. The survey found that computer assisted learning has occurred mostly at an introductory level in the areas of worksheets and special purpose journals. Academics want to increase computer assisted learning in their accounting courses but are hindered by lack of financial resources, staff time, staff expertise and educationally suitable software.