Abstract
This study aimed to identify the effectiveness of using information technology and communications’ means in
the academic education from the perspective of Al-Balqa Applied University’s students. And to achieve this goal,
the researchers prepared and developed a questionnaire as a tool of the study including 26 items. The population
of the study, which consisted of all the students of Al-Balqa Applied University, was (10434) male and female
students according to university’s statistics for the academic year 2013-2014 and the sample of the study which
consisted of 500 male and female students was selected by the simple random method.
The results of the study showed that the degree of the students’ perceptions of the effectiveness of using
information technology and communications’ means in the academic education was high where the total average
of the items was (4.02) and it is considered a positive average that indicates a high degree of perception. The
results also showed that there were no statistically significant differences attributed to the faculty and the
academic level variables on Al-Balqa Applied University’s students’ perception of using means of information
technology and communications in the academic education, and there were statistically significant differences
attributed to the gender in favor of females. And in light of these results, the researcher presented some
recommendations
Keywords:
information and communications technology, academic education