IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE WITH THE MEDIATING ROLE OF STUDENT’S ENGAGEMENT: REASSESSING KURT LEWIN MODEL IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTES OF SINDH PROVINCE, PAKISTAN

Abstract

Technology has become ever more interwoven into the fabric of academic life. With the interventions of technological innovations, Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) of the world are transforming their ways of disseminating knowledge, in every classroom setup, the inclusion of technological facilities includes Internet in classrooms, multimedia, affordable digital devices, installation of e portal LMS (Learning Management System) for sharing the learning content which generates students’ engagement. Students’ engagement in academic system is considered as a major factor to assess the behavioral wise involvement of students for learning and achieving academic performance. In present study, quantitative research method has been utilized and data was collected from the sample size of 798 students from public and private sector Higher Education Institute of Sindh Province. The study intended to examine the hypotheses involving direct and indirect relationship between variables which are being developed based on Kurt Lewin Model and Social Exchange Theory. The study investigated that technological change has a positive and significant impact on the students engagement which exhibited the acceptance of H1, subsequently, the relationship between students’ engagement and academic performance carries strong and significant impact which also exhibits the acceptance of H2, lastly the indirect relationship of the variables explained that student’s engagement mediates the relationship positively and significantly between technological change and academic performance of the student of higher Education Institutes of Sindh Province, thus indicating the acceptance of H3. So, it is concluded that Technological change has a positive and significant impact on the academic performance of the student with the mediating role of student’s engagement.