Exploring the relationship between teaching staff age and their attitude towards information and communications technologies (ICT)

Current research seeks to understand the relationship between teaching staff age and their attitude toward ICT. Survey methodology is facilitated through the use of the questionnaires. The survey domain is a random sampling of teaching staff in Egyptian HEI. The population for this study was 500 full-time Faculty staff,and only 412 returned and completed questionnaires are considered as the study sample. The results showed that there is a moderate and positive relationship between the age of participants and their attitude towards ICT; thus,when considering attitude towards ICT by teaching staff members in Egyptians HEI,age is a significant factor. The result of this research has significant implications to HEI when they plan,develop,and adopt ICT. HEI has to consider that teaching staff attitude towards ICT is related to their age.