The Role Of Smart Phones in Improving the Performance of Faculty Members in Sana'a University and University of Science and Technology

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the role of smartphones in improving the performance of faculty members at Sana'a University and University of Science and Technology, and the role of the different demographic variables of faculty members in terms of (gender, age, degree, university, colleges, teaching experience, training courses) according to their opinion on the role of smartphones in improving their performance. The study used the two methods: descriptive and comparative, and relied on the questionnaire as a tool for data collection. The questionnaire contained (13) items, and a random sample of faculty members at Sana'a University and University of Science and Technology was selected, numbering (260) faculty members, and the study used statistical methods: Cronbach's alpha coefficient, T.test, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), and least significant differences test (LSD). The study found a number of results, the most important of which are: that the level of faculty members' use of smartphones in the educational process was high, and the most important role played by the faculty member using smartphones was to respond to students' inquiries via smartphone, While the role of using the smartphone in the electronic calendar for students was the least used role by faculty members at Sana'a University and University of Science and Technology, The study also found that there is no role attributed to demographic variables (gender, age, degree, colleges, teaching experience) for faculty members at Sana'a University and University of Science and Technology from their point of view on the role of smartphones in improving their performance. On the other hand, the results confirmed the existence of a role for smartphones in improving their performance attributed to the two variables: (the university variable in favor of the University of Science and Technology, and the variable of training courses for the category that enrolled in 5 training courses). The most important recommendations of the study were to employ the capabilities of smart phones in the educational process to provide a flexible educational process, by providing various methods and new methods in teaching, scientific research and community service. Providing the necessary requirements for the use of smartphones in the educational process, such as providing the Internet in the classroom, And activate artificial intelligence applications by smartphones, and invest them in answering inquiries of faculty members and students electronically.