This presentation discusses 3 reasons instructors cite for not utilizing instructional technology into their instruction.

1. Reasons Instructors Cite
for not Using
Instructional Technology
Bryan Brown

2. • Training higher education instructors to use
instructional technology is often encountered with
difficulties. These complications are usually
associated with instructors’ reluctance to learn and
use instructional technology.

3. Top 3 Reasons Instructors do not
use Instructional Technology
• Higher education instructors typically reference
several reasons they feel influence their decisions to
use instructional technology
• The top 3 reasons instructors typically cite for not
utilizing instructional technology are:
• Testing demands
• Lack of suitable training
• Lack of motivation

4. Testing Demands
• Instructors are often overwhelmed by the demands
of preparing their students for testing and find it
difficult to see any value in using instructional
technologies in their particular content area.
(Burns, 2010)

5. Solution
• Present instructors with training on technologies that
they may perceive as beneficial to teaching their
students with.
o For instance, an instructor teaching an accounting
course may be more willing to learn and
incorporate the use of a software in teaching, if it
had activities or materials that would prepare
students to take the CPA exam.

6. Lack of Suitable Training
• Many instructors report that the instruction they
receive related to technology integration, whether
face-to-face or online, is too focused on how to use
the software instead of integrating it into the
teaching process.
(Burns, 2010)

7. Solution
• Ensure that instructors are provided with various
examples on how they can implement technologies
they are trained on into their teaching.
o Through the use of examples, instructors will be
able to visually see how technologies can be used in
their teaching. Therefore, they will be more
confident to implement the technologies
themselves once they see how it can be done.

8. Lack of Motivation
• Some instructors often cite a lack motivation as the
reason for not incorporating technology into their
teaching.
o This lack of motivation is often the result of instructors
perceiving no benefit to their students’ learning in the use
of instructional technology.

9. Solution
• Provide instructors with institutional support, peer
support and data on the impact to students learning to
assist in motivating faculty to integrating technology
into their teaching.
(Tuttle, 2012)

10. Conclusion
• Instructors typically reference several reasons they feel
influence their decisions to use instructional technology.
These reasons often lead to difficulties when attempting
to train instructors in use of instructional technology.
o Therefore, solutions need to be established to
address these reasons and make training of
instructional technology for instructors less difficult.

11. References
Burns, M. (2010, September). How to help teachers use technology in the classroom
the 5J approach. Retrieved from http://elearnmag.acm.org/featured.cfm?aid=1865476
Shutterstock images. (2014). Images from Shutterstock.
Tuttle, H. V. (2012). The lived experiences of faculty who use instructional technology: A
phenomenological study. Retrieved from DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska –
Lincoln. (AAI 3518162)