Abstract
This study aimed to identify the effectiveness of usin
g information technology and communications’ means in
the academic education from the perspective of Al-Balqa A
pplied 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 acade
mic 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 th
e students’ perceptions of the effectiveness of using
information technology and communica
tions’ means in the academic educati
on 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 si
gnificant differences attribut
ed to the faculty and the
academic level variables on Al-Balqa
Applied University’s students’ percep
tion 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