TY - JOUR AU - Albalawi, Fahad PY - 2021/04/07 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Crossing the digital divide: ICT implementation in the Al-Ula District JF - Technium Social Sciences Journal JA - TSSJ VL - 18 IS - 1 SE - Education DO - UR - https://techniumscience.com/index.php/socialsciences/article/view/3005 SP - 135-145 AB - <p>This study investigated the use of information and communication technology (ICT) within the Al-Ula school district of Saudi Arabia. Participants for this study were teachers and principals in the Al-Ula school district who had experience using ICT within their schools. Data consisted of interviews with these participants, which were analyzed qualitatively. The central question of this study was: What do teachers and principals identify as the challenges to implementing educational technology in Al-Ula schools? Findings showed multiple barriers to ICT implementation at the organizational, practical/material, and individual level, including a lack of resources, training, policy, and plan for ICT implementation. </p> ER -