Teachers’ Perception about the Use of QR Code in Education

Abstract

These days, QR codes are more widely used. Numerous benefits, including quick reading speed, error correction, 360-degree reading, multilingual support, robustness, and a broad range of applications, are offered by QR codes. The education industry is using QR codes on a large scale to make teaching and learning effective. In a few universities and colleges, faculties are using QR code technology in the classroom as well. The use of QR codes dramatically increased during COVID 19. It was the time when the whole world was trying to discover the potential of QR codes in different sectors. Now, QR codes have become an essential part of our lives. Almost every industry uses QR codes, including entertainment, education, sports, FMCG, textiles, restaurants, healthcare, and tourism. The objective of the study is to determine the different ways to use QR code in classroom and to find the factors that develop teachers’ perception of use of QR codes in the classroom. The study also determines the role of QR code in making teaching learning effective. The data was collected from 50 faculty members of randomly selected five private universities of Haryana region through an online survey. The study found that in spite of multiple uses of QR codes in teaching, only a limited number of faculty members are using this technology in the classroom. The reason is that many teachers are not aware of different ways of using QR code in classroom. The study comes up with different factors that play an important role in developing teachers’ perception of use of QR code in classroom.