Accounting Educators’ Adoption and Integration of Educational Technology in the Classroom: A Qualitative Study

Abstract:

This paper discovers the view and perceptions of accounting educators about the adoption and integration of educational technology in the classroom for higher education. Six accounting educators of selected public university in Malaysia from different age group are selected as the sample of study. An interview were undertaken with the respondents using the survey question modified and adapted from previous literatures. All the respondents had varying opinions and perspective with some being most supportive and a few is skepticism about the adoption and integration of educational technology. The factors such as facilities and infrastructure, knowledge, skills university support, resources, attitudes and beliefs, are paramount to encourage educators for the adoption of educational technology. The findings also indicates that educators’ characteristics and their behavior are the key role that affect them whether to adopt or not to adopt the educational technology, whereas other factors also being discussed. Several limitations and recommendation for future research also deliberated.