Ict: Bringing Dimensions to Education

2003

Information and communications technology (ICT) is changing the developed nations' approaches to education. ICT provides learning opportunities to millions of people of all ages and ethnic groups whether they are on campus or remote and whether they live in dense urban or remote and rural communities. In terms of access ICT promises the ultimate democratization of education and education justice. The paper highlights some aspects in the concept of ICT use in education such as teacher training, IT infrastructure, and curriculum design, so as to ensure that the innovation can successfully prepare workforce to meet the challenges of the ICT era or knowledge society. The results of this work has motivated us more to applying ICT for education in developing smart schools in developing countries in next stages of our research.

Information and communication technologies (ICT) have become commonplace entities in all aspects of life. Across the past twenty years the use of ICT has fundamentally changed the practices and procedures of nearly all forms of endeavor within business and governance. Education is a very socially oriented activity and quality education has traditionally been associated with strong teachers having high degrees of personal contact with learners. The use of ICT in education lends itself to more student-centered learning settings. But with the world moving rapidly into digital media and information, the role of ICT in education is becoming more and more important and this importance will continue to grow and develop in the 21st century.. ICT helps in improving the quality of education stating that information and communication technology is an important instrument that can transfer the present isolated, teacher- centered and book-centered learning environment into a student –centered environment. ICT can change the traditional concept of learning process and the components of ICT should be integrated in the education program me in such a way that teaching should be enabled to face the new demands and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of education at all levels in both formal and non-formal settings. Thus, we must accept the new paradigm and technology in teaching learning process. Educational institutions need to develop strategies, plan to improve teaching-learning process and ensure that all teachers are well prepared to use the new tools for learning. The emergence of the knowledge-based society is changing the global status of education .Now; it is the time to develop a new knowledge-based global society.

2021

The whole of the education system has gone through tremendous changes in the 21st century with the initiation of information and communication technology. ICT is seen as a significant tool for educational reforms and changes, as it has the capacity to change the existing paradigm in the present educational scenario. There isn't a single aspect in education that hasn't been touched by the digital revolution. The use of numerous ICT tools such as Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and LinkedIn, among others, has a significant impact on how students and teachers communicate, learn and socialize. Thus, ICT has a tendency to increase educational enrolment and educational access. Learning may take place at any time and in any location regardless of the geographical boundaries. ICT technologies are currently utilized by many types of individuals, particularly the student population, to build relationships, connect with the world, exchange and receive knowledge and information, participate in group discussions from near and far destinations, develop stronger personalities, and improve social life. As a result, ICT provides a platform for the students to interact and work with one another in collaborative settings. Thus, the usage of ICT tools has brought about a paradigm shift in the process of education. Despite the fact that technology delivers several benefits to the student community, it diverts students' attention, which could have major effects on the students' professional lives. This paper tends to highlight the influence of using ICT tools in futuristic classrooms, communication and academic life of students and teachers. It also discusses how the paradigm shift has occurred in education through the use of ICT tools. Keywords: ICT tools, Social media, Paradigm shift, Internet and Academic achievement

The purpose of this paper aims to bring together the findings and key points from a review of significant part of the available literature associated with ICTs for Education and ICTs in Education. This review set out to identify and evaluate relevant strategies in national and international research and initiatives related to measuring and demonstrating the effective use of ICT for education with regard to the teaching learning process; ICT and quality and accessibility of education; ICT and learning motivation, ICT and learning environment, and ICT to enhance the scholastic performance. Abstract: Information and communication technologies (ICT) have become commonplace entities in all aspects of life. Across the past twenty years the use of ICT has fundamentally changed the practices and procedures of nearly all forms of endeavour within business and governance. Education is a very socially oriented activity and quality education has traditionally been associated with strong teachers having high degrees of personal contact with learners. The use of ICT in education lends itself to more student-centred learning settings. But with the world moving rapidly into digital media and information, the role of ICT in education is becoming more and more important and this importance will continue to grow and develop in the 21st century. In this paper, a literature review regarding the use of ICTs in education was provided. Effective use of ICT for Education, along with ICT use in the teaching learning process; quality and accessibility of education; learning motivation. Learning environment. Besides, an overview of the ICT and scholastic performance.

International Journal of Advance Research in Science and Engineering (IJARSE), 2016

This paper is a mere attempt to present a glimpse of meaning of ICT, its importance & its mandatory need for education, which is indispensable. ICT stands for INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY. These technologies include: computers, the Internet, Broadcasting technologies (radio and television), Telephony. One of the many challenges facing developing countries today is that of preparing their societies and governments for globalization and the information and communication revolution. Policy-makers, educationists, non-governmental organizations, academics, and ordinary citizens are increasingly concerned with the need to make their societies competitive in the emergent information economy. Globalization and innovations in technology have led to an increased use of ICTs in all sectors - and education is no exception. Uses of ICTs in education are widespread and are continually growing worldwide. It is generally believed that ICTs can empower teachers and learners, making significant contributions to learning and achievement. Of the teachers interviewed on the effectiveness of ICT in education majority of them felt that introduction and use of ICT adequately will be extremely effective in children's learning and achievement. However, current research on the impacts of ICTs on student achievement yields few conclusive statements, pros or con, about the use of ICTs in education. Studies have shown that even in the most advanced schools in industrialized countries, ICTs are generally not considered central to the teaching and learning process. However, there appears to be a mismatch between methods used to measure effects and the type of learning promoted. Standardized testing, for example, tends to measure the results of traditional teaching practices, rather than new knowledge and skills related to the use of ICTs. It is clear that more research needs to be conducted to understand the complex links between ICTs, learning, and achievement. Again, on the question of impact of audio visuals, research shows that surprisingly little documentation is available on the use and impact of video in education, barring one or two video projects like UNICEF's animation series, 'Meena', which has become a key weapon in the battle against gender and social inequity in South Asia. Many teachers are reluctant to use ICTs, especially computers and the internet. Some of the reasons for this reluctance include poor software design, skepticism about the effectiveness of computers in improving learning outcomes, lack of administrative support, increased time and effort needed to learn the technology and how to use it for teaching, and the fear of losing their authority in the classroom as it becomes more learner-centered. In terms of using internet and other ICT as a resource for lesson preparation, most of the teachers interviewed, admitted to never or rarely using it, while very few used the internet to gather information sporadically or regularly.

Multi Agent Systems - Strategies and Applications, 2020

The world has become a global village as a result of the information tsunami and knowledge explosion being experienced as a result of Information Communication and Technology (ICT). The industrialized nations are miles ahead of the developing countries as a result of the information revolution. Education is a process by which society transmits its values, norms, mores, and ethos to generation yet unborn across time and space. The medium of transmission cuts across formal, non-formal and informal settings. This paper examines the impact/roles of ICT on education as an agent of social transformation and the hindrances of developing countries such as Nigeria in adopting ICT to aid their educational development and transformation of the society. The interconnection between information, ICT and social transformations is succinctly discussed in this paper. Furthermore, the paper examines the relationship between ICT and education and suggests measures that can be taken in adopting the use of ICT in Nigeria as well as the crucial role of government and the educational sector in this regard. The paper concludes that ICT make a significant contribution to the educational development and the social transformation of the Nigerian society.

In the developed countries and the urban elites of advanced economies, twenty-first century education integrates technologies, engaging students in ways which were not previously possible, creating new learning and teaching possibilities, enhancing achievement and extending interactions with local and global communities. Students live in a world that has seen an information explosion and significant and rapid social and economic changes. Student learning is the focus of teaching learning process. Theorists and practitioners have always been made concerted efforts to facilitate students learning by enhancing the quality of learning experiences. Emergence of learning theories over time reflects the concern of educators to explore process, factors and conditions involved in human learning. Application of predominant learning theories have always been changing and modifying the methods of teaching and learning. Research conducted on young people shows a remarkable trend. It indicates that children retain 20% of what they hear, 40% of what they see and hear and 75% of what they see and do. That’s one of the key reasons why the latest educational technology has become essential to impart education. They combine the use of several ICTs- internet, video, audio, graphics, text, images, etc. to offer students a near live experience of what is learning. In this paper efforts have been made to analyze the present situations in order to identify the constraints and possibilities in the use of ICT in teaching profession.

In Osborne, J., Roberts, D. & Walkir, J. (eds.) Open, Flexible and Distance Learning: Education and Training in the 21st Century. Launceston: University of Tasmania, 455–460, 1997

The impact of information and communication technologies (ICT) has been one of the most influential cultural changes in recent years. There is ample evidence of technology having already had a certain influence on the teaching/learning process, the organisation, the roles and the attitudes of the teachers in schools. It seems crucial to make teachers fully aware of the potential of ICT in the teaching/learning process and in the changing role and status of the teachers themselves. Technological progress and the constructivist concept of learning anticipate an open, multimedia-based networking learning environment, introducing a utopia of universal acquaintance through global networking and together with an intellectualisation process. The information and communication society will bring about a change in teaching methods and learning techniques by replacing the passive teacher/pupil relationships with a more proactive relationship. As teachers are change agents, it is worth studying their changing roles and making them more cognisant of the change and its implications. Teachers’ personal beliefs create a conceptual context for classroom teaching, made, however, more complex by pupils' expectations concerning the subjects. Teachers' conceptions do not directly correlate with the classroom practices and, vice versa, practice can also modify their conceptions of the subject. Teachers' beliefs about the fundamental nature or structure of the school subject they teach affect their deliberation about curricula and instruction in general.

Addaiyan International Publishers, 2019

Education plays an important role in building the society and determines the standard of a society. The quality education helps to empowering the nation in all aspects by providing new thoughts, the ways of implementation of various technologies and so many such things. There are a lot of effective teaching and learning methodologies in practice. In the present context, Science and technologies are the effective ways to increase the student’s knowledge. Hence, comes the role of ICT in education sector. The paper tries to introduce ICT and discuss its role in education sector. It also looks into the impact of ICT on education due to its mass use today.