Instructors’ Competence and Responsiveness in Multimedia in Teaching-Learning Process in the Context of College of Education at Ifugao State University Potia-Campus

Abstract

This study aimed to ascertain the instructors’ competence and the responsiveness of the instructors in utilizing multimedia in the teaching-learning process, benefits, issues, and the extended support by the administrator among College of Education instructors of Ifugao State University Potia Campus. Descriptive research was used in this study. There were 41 respondents in this study using total enumeration technique. Weighted mean was utilized to determine the extent of responsiveness of the instructors in terms of the utilization of multimedia. The findings of the study underscore with instructors’ role in the educative process in the 21st century, because integrating multimedia is indeed challenging. With the shift of major emphasis from the instructors as source of knowledge in ICT, a new set of competencies can be identified as components of the personality of the instructors, all of which epitomize the whole range of the instructors’ roles and functions by knowing the benefits of computer and technology in teaching. In the performance of their functions as techno-savvy in teaching, instructors look forward to enhancing their skills in computer and technology. Hence, instructors should be motivated and encouraged to pursue their studies in the graduate studies program to further gain insights, knowledge, and other new trends in coping with the difficult concerns they encounter in the performance of their functions. Programs and innovations are needed to enhance the competence of the instructors in utilizing multimedia in pedagogical praxis.