This research aimed to examine the current information and communication technology (ICT) skills of faculty members at the College of Basic Education, Kuwait, to find out their ICT skills level and obtain an understanding of their training needs. A survey of 187 faculty members revealed findings on Internet access, ICT teaching courses, level of ICT skills, English language proficiency, ICT use, availability of ICT resources and ICT skills. This study recommends that faculty members update their ICT skills and assign students to use ICT, while their employer should provide suitable Internet infrastructure and professional development courses based on a training plan. Research has generated an ICT-skilled faculty member list that employers would use to check faculty members’ skills before employing them. Other institutions can make use of this research as a guide to evaluating their faculty members’ ICT skills.
AhadiatN (2005) Factors that may influence or hinder use of instructional technology among accounting faculty. Campus-Wide Information Systems22 (4): 210–232.
2.
AkinnagbeOMBaiyeriKP (2011) Training needs analysis of lecturers for information and communication technology (ICT) skills enhancement in Faculty of Agriculture, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. African Journal of Agricultural Research6 (32): 6635–6646.
BuarkiH. (2009) Educating Library and Information Science Professionals in Kuwaiti Higher Education. In: 16th BOBCATSSS Conference Challenges for the New Information Professional, Porto, Portugal, 28-30 January 2009, app.-10. Available at:http://eprints.rclis.org/12941/1/35.pdf (accessed 28 March 2013).
7.
BuarkiHHepworthMMurrayI (2010) Towards an Improvement of LIS Graduates’ ICT Skills and Employability Needs in Kuwait. PhD Thesis, Loughborough University, UK.
8.
BuarkiHHepworthMMurrayI (2011a) ICT skills and employability needs at the LIS programme Kuwait: a literature review. New Library Review112 (11/12): 499–512.
9.
BuarkiHHepworthMMurrayI (2011b) LIS Students' ICT Skills in Kuwait: Perspectives of Employers, Teaching Staff and Students. US-China Education1 (1): 89–97.
10.
EbrahimiR (2009) The Effect of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) on Teaching Library and Information Science. In: 3rd conference of the student association of medical library and information science, Said Behest University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Tehran, Iran, 24-25 December. Available athttp://unllib.unl.edu/LPP/ebrahimi.htm (accessed 23 January 2012).
11.
GisarmesPGossipSPapastamatisA (2011) Teachers' attitudes towards training in ICT: a critical approach. Assurance in Education19 (3): 283–296.
MahmoodKKhanMA (2007) ICT, training for LIS professionals in Pakistan: a needs assessment. Program: electronic library and information systems41 (4): 418–427.
14.
SharmaDSinghV (2010). ICT in Universities of the Western Himalayan Region of India II: A Comparative SWOT Analysis. International Journal of Computer Science Issues, 7 (1): 62–72.
15.
SharmaDSinghV (2011) ICT in universities of the Western Himalayan Region in India: Performance analysis. International Journal of Education and Development using ICT7 (1): 86–109.
TasieG (2011) Competency-based training needs analysis (TNA): An empirical study of Gulf University for science and technology, Kuwait. International Research Journal of Management and Business Studies1 (2): xxx–xxx. Available at:http://interesjournals.org/IRJMBS/pdf2011/April/Tasie.pdf (accessed 22 January 2012).
18.
TrainingDO (n.d.) Teacher ICT skills; Evaluation of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Knowledge and Skills Levels of Western Australian Government School Teachers. Available at:https://www.det.nsw.edu.au/proflearn/der/docs/wherenow/teachict.pdf (accessed 30 January 2012).
