Do you want to use technology?

Yes we want to use technology in our classes and along with the enthusiasm of implementing new learning technologies, our higher education institution and students faced multiple technology-related difficulties. 

Our first problem is educators, who first used technology-based instruction, faced obstacles because the whole educational setting was subject to change. We realized that we have many Digital Aliens who works as an instructor. For example, last year we bought an online teaching program when preparing materials to our dear students we realized that our staff is not ready for it.  They are not even ready to google the web site of the program :(

Our second problem is some of our students do not have access to the Internet. Some other students do not know how to use computers. I always ask them at the beginning of the semester if using online materials would be a problem to them. The answer is always 'NO.' However, towards the end of the semester, they start complaining. Some of them just ask their colleagues to printout materials for them. This is why I tend to use  elearning to the minimum (i.e. crucial resources for the course can be obtained by other conventional means). I think we have technophobia where both teachers and students react passively to the newly-presented educational setting.