Academicians Insight on Changing Teaching and Learning Environment

Aim and Purpose: This investigation study aims to assess HE Academicians’ perception towards changing teaching-learning environment. Academicians’ preparedness to adopt to changing teaching-learning environment is studied based on the following dimension i.e., Expectation of AI adaptability personal innovation, self-efficacy, facilitating infrastructure and effort of the technology on teaching and learning environment.

Methodology and Design: The study adopted mixed methodology. The study collected quantitative data to draw a qualitative (descriptive) analysis to understand the HE academicians’ perception towards changing teaching-learning environment due to technology advancement i.e., digitalisation and AI (Artificial Intelligence) adoption. HEI function in Coimbatore and non-STEM academicians professing in those institutions are considered as sample population. Needed data for the survey analysis were collected through supply of Google form among 250 college teachers.

Findings: Out of the 250 academicians surveyed nearly 58 per cent of academicians have experienced higher degree of changes over the years in HE environment and 39.20 per cent of the samples feel that HE environment have changed to a noteworthy level. As per the opinion survey results 93 per cent of the HEI are completely digitalised its academic affairs and administration of learners. Data assessed and related establish association between academicians’ perception on changes in modern-day teaching-learning environment and nature of digital facilities their institutions equipped, AI tools used in higher education and nature of digital facilities institutions equipped and nature of digital facilities institutions and application of digital technology and AI tools.

Implication and Future Scope: The article concludes by stating that there prevails wider gap between one institution and another in establishing digital infrastructure, in training the academicians and adoption of AI tools in the process of T-L. HEI has to make more investment in ITC adoption, at the same time they have to keep updating the technology as the new technology introduced and teachers have to be trained and upscaled as per technology advancement. Further, the investors states that identified research dearth, provides wider opportunities for future researcher for assessing technology adoption in HES in India, technology advancement in HE, its benefits and challenges encountered by the academicians, learners (students), HEI and the society at the large.