Attitude of university teachers towards the Internet technology

For more than a century, the most predominant form of instruction in higher education has been classroom-based and instructor led; today this traditional approach to learning is being challenged by new technologies such as multimedia, Telecommunications, and the Internet. The evolution of the Internet as a well established, accessible and commonplace technology has profoundly impacted the mode of instructional delivery at higher education level. This paper reports the results of a study conducted on an Indian higher education level. It is focused around the attitude of university teachers towards the role and impact of the computer and Internet technology use in higher education were included in the Scale. In order to parsimony, the statements were categorized in Quality of learning, Improvement in teaching/research and administration, Employment, Rural-urban gap, Gender gap, Help weaker sections, and Threat to students and teachers dimensions.