Analysis of Teachers' Technological Competencies and Their Performance at Higher Education Level

Technology has become the main game changer in all the fields of study including education. The main purpose of this research study was to analyze the teachers' technological competencies and their performance at higher education level. The teachers' technological competencies were analysed in six elements of technology including perceptions, technological knowledge, perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness and skills in using technology. The performance of teachers in using technology in teaching and learning process was also determined. The study consisted of two samples one form the teachers of the six social sciences departments of the six public universities of the South Punjab, Pakistan and other sample was the students of 6th, 7th and 8th semesters of the six social sciences departments of the six public universities of South Punjab, Pakistan. The samples size consisted of 497 teachers and 611 students. The samples were selected by using stratified random sampling technique. Two questionnaires one for teachers and other for students were adopted from the literature to collect the data from the samples. The collected data were analysed by using SPSS-25. Frequency distribution, descriptive statistics and correlation analysis were done to analyze the data and to interpret the results. The findings of the study indicated that most of the teachers of the social sciences departments of the public universities of South Punjab, Pakistan had lack of technological competencies and their performance was also not good. The results also indicated a high positive correlation between teachers' technological competencies and their performance at higher education level. Some serious steps are required to improve the technological competencies and performance of teachers at higher education level.