The opinion of undergraduate students on technology used in accounting classes

Abstract

Information technology has made it necessary for accountants to acquire new certain skills such as utilizing and controlling the IT systems. In training standards for accountancy, it is specified that accountants should have key roles in the assessment, design and management of systems. The objective of this study is to reveal to what extent the students that are the prospective accounting professionals of the future utilize information technologies in their accounting class during their license study, and their opinions in this respect. In the study, a survey was applied to students attending the business administration license program at state universities in seven geographical regions of Turkey. 1000 questionnaires were randomly submitted to universities by post. 500 students responded. 464 questionnaires were found to be appropriate for analysis. The survey has revealed that the attending students believe in the strict necessity of employing projectors and accounting software in the accounting classes. The students suggest that mostly the presentation software and social networks are used in accounting classes as the technological class material. It was observed that, despite the high rate of ownership, students do not exploit technology to prepare for their accounting classes and exams.Students argue that teaching assistants delivering accounting lectures should keep up with new educational technologies, and students do not advocate the use of remote educational tools for the accounting classes. It was observed that students are uncertain about whether the use of technology enhances the success and interest in accounting classes, flourishes the student interest and eases understanding.