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Title AN ANALYSIS OF ONLINE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES’ UTILIZATION FOR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING PRACTICES OF UNIVERSITY TEACHERS IN ISLAMABAD

Author(s) Aneeta Abdul

Abstract 21st century demands that teacher must be competent to deal with technology. Teachers need to be professionally updated and there are different educational resources available for teacher’s professional development that help to keep them aware about utilization of those resources. Objectives of the study were; to examine the usability level of online educational resources of university teachers for professional learning practices, and also to find out demographic differences i.e. gender, qualification, university and teaching experience of university teachers with reference to usability level of online educational resources for professional learning practices. The nature of the research was descriptive, survey method was used for analyzing about application of online educational resources for professional development of university faculty in Islamabad. The population for this study was comprised on male and female university teachers serving in faculty social sciences in public sector universities located in Islamabad. There were 409 teachers (male 194 and female 215). The target population of this study was 342 teachers (165 and female 177). Purposive sampling technique was used to select sample. And 223 teachers (male 108 and female 115) were selected for data collection. Data was analyzed through Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS) by applying mean, independent t-test, One-way ANOVA and Regression test. The major findings of this study were that the quality and trained faculty has positively influence by usability of online educational resources and platforms. The other major findings were that teachers with high qualification like MPhil/MS and PhD degree holders were directly engaged with online resources for professional development. Moreover, the faculty with 5-10 years of teaching experience were more motivated for practices online courses. Furthermore, female faculty were more interested in online resources for professional development as compared to male faculty. Therefore, it is recommended that there are number of online educational resources available on internet. In this era, teachers’ professional skills can be enhanced by enrolling in different online educational programs.

Type Thesis/Dissertation MS

Faculty Social Sciences

Department Education

Language English

Publication Date 2021-05-27

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