This study aims to reveal the reality of faculty members attaining digital transformation requirements for teaching courses at Kuwait University, including technical, instructional, and training requirements and the challenges facing its implementation. The descriptive survey method was used, and a questionnaire was distributed to 327 faculty members who were selected using the random sampling technique from Kuwait University across all colleges. The findings showed: (1) that there is a high consensus regarding digital transformation requirements for teaching courses at Kuwait University. Faculty perceived instructional requirements as one of the main paths of successful digital transformation, followed by training requirements, and finally technical requirements. However, the challenges faced by faculty to implement digital transformation were also high; (2) Additionally, there were no statistically significant differences between the means of the study samples regarding gender and age variables, while there are differences about the teaching, technical, and training requirements attributed to the college variable for scientific colleges. Based on the findings, some recommendations were suggested as follows: (1) consider training programs for faculty members to develop their skills in digital applications; (2) encourage faculty to attend local and global conferences that focus on digital transformation; (3) more collaboration is needed between Kuwait University and local and global digital transformation organizations.

Authors:
Omaymah AlSuwaihel, Kuwait University, Kuwait
Nadeyah Alreiahi, Kuwait University, Kuwait

About the Presenter(s)
Omaymah AlSuwaihel is an Assistant Professor in the College of Education, at Kuwait University, The State of Kuwait.

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