TY - JOUR AU - Khalid, Md. Saifuddin AU - Nyvang, Tom PY - 2014/11/03 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - A change agent’s facilitation process for overcoming the barriers of ICT adoption for educational administration – The case of a rural-Bangladesh vocational institution JF - Australasian Journal of Educational Technology JA - AJET VL - 30 IS - 5 SE - Articles DO - 10.14742/ajet.626 UR - https://ajet.org.au/index.php/AJET/article/view/626 SP - AB - <p>The factors influencing the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) as a professional and management tool outside the classroom have received little research attention. The two objectives of this research were: how do stakeholders of educational administration experience the barriers of ICT adoption, and how can they facilitate the transformation process in addressing the barriers that prevent the adoption? Taking a case from the development context of rural Bangladesh, the investigation is based on three theoretical stances: educational administration, the diffusion of innovations, and Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA). Field-study based change agent facilitation applied PRA as a two-way diffusion communication method. The study concludes that barriers originate from the levels of individuals, the educational institution, the national agencies, and the external environment. PRA provided a useful framework facilitating communication to highlight barriers and gain a deeper understanding of what exactly the barriers at different levels are in a specific institution and how they influence practice.</p> ER -