AWARENESS REGARDING HOW MODERN TECHNOLOGY IS IMPACTED IN EDUCATION

Abstract

Background: The era of 21st century is often regarded as an era of technology. Technology today plays a very important role in our life. The impact of technology can be felt in every possible field one such field is Education. It is revealed that use of modern equipment technology and tools, the learning and interactivity of students increases. Aim: This study attempts to determine about dental student’s awareness on impact of modern technology on education.

Materials and methods: A cross sectional study was conducted among the dental students (II-year, III-year, IV year, interns) in a tertiary care teaching hospital Khammam, using a web-based tool called Google forms, a semi-structured online questionnaire was designed and distributed via link to the students in order to fill. Descriptive statistics were given. A p-value <0.05 was used to evaluate statistical significance.

Observations & results: A total of 310 dental students participated in the survey. Age of participants ranges from 18-25 years. Majority of them were aware of impact of modern technology on education. About (58.1 %) of them are somewhat familiar with involvement of technology in education and most of them (49.7%) think technology made their work more efficient.

Conclusion: Based on current study results, students were aware of impact of modern technology on education.