Skip to main content

ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Educ.
Sec. Digital Education
Volume 9 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/feduc.2024.1417062

Enhancing the Effectiveness of Digital Transformation on Teaching in Higher Education in Kuwait

Provisionally accepted
Fouad Alkandari Fouad Alkandari 1Ahmad Alsaber Ahmad Alsaber 2*Anwar Al-Kandari Anwar Al-Kandari 3Bedour Alboloushi Bedour Alboloushi 4Shihanah Almutairi Shihanah Almutairi 2
  • 1 Public Authority for Applied Education and Training, Kuwait City, Kuwait
  • 2 American University of Kuwait, Safat, Kuwait
  • 3 Kuwait Technical College, Kuwait, Kuwait
  • 4 Kuwait College of Science and Technology, Kuwait, Kuwait

The final, formatted version of the article will be published soon.

    This study examines the digital citizenship behavior and behavioral intention of faculty members as mediators in the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training (PAAET) colleges to evaluate the effectiveness of using technology in teaching and to provide a case study of higher educational institutions in Kuwait. The paper provides theoretical insights and empirical support for the selective hypotheses about the four factors namely: performance expectancy (PE), effort expectancy (EE), social influence (SI) and facilitating conditions (FC) affecting the faculty members readiness (RED) through the mediation of both Behavioral Intention (BI) and Digital Citizenship Behaviour (DCB). The paper evaluates 28 hypotheses testing direct and indirect relationships of these variables. A survey of 122 faculty members from PAAET colleges in Kuwait has been conducted. The results provide valuable insights by confirming eight important paths of relationships, related to the inputs such as efforts, social influence, as well as performance as an output in determining the readiness. The study raises empirical doubts on the remaining 20 hypotheses, therefore, providing new evidence to reconsider the currently established relationships in the areas of technology acceptance and digital citizenship. Ultimately, this study contributes to the ongoing discussion on digital transformation in education by offering a broader perspective on faculty readiness. It provides a comprehensive understanding of key factors influencing the effective use of technology in the context of higher education institutions in Kuwait. The results offer valuable implications for policy and practice that can enhance technology use among faculty members.

    Keywords: Digital citizenship, Faculty, readiness, performance, Kuwait

    Received: 13 Apr 2024; Accepted: 25 Jul 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Alkandari, Alsaber, Al-Kandari, Alboloushi and Almutairi. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Ahmad Alsaber, American University of Kuwait, Safat, Kuwait

    Disclaimer: All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.