Information And Communication Technology In Education

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Abstract Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can be utilized for the education sector. Education includes online, distance and part time education. There are unlimited applications of ICT in the real world. In his paper emphasis is on the education field. Traditional Non-formal education system process includes activities like admission, Personal Contact Programmes, Exam for any course in a University or Institution. In this process ICT can play a great role in all the activities by providing a lot of benefits to students, teachers, parents and Universities itself. ICT can be used for providing education to the people who are not able to come to school due to various constraints. ICT can play great role in formal and non formal forms…show more content…
Keywords: ICT, IT, Education, Quality Education, ICT and Future Teachers. Introduction IT has become a buzzword while talking about technology and its applications. IT is used in various business and management functions but not in the improving the quality of education. Quality of education has been issue of concern in the absence of standard parameters of to measure the quality. The hardware, software, the methods and know how required or used in acquiring, storing, processing and displaying data and information is collectively known as Information Technology (IT). Also on other hand, many developments and achievements took place in communication technology sector after and Second World War. Hardware, know how, programs and the methods used in ensuring that message is transmitted correctly,…show more content…
Learning with the help of others is a very good way of learning, but is not always sufficient. Students’ self learning needs to be supplemented by experienced instructors. Students want their intellectual abilities to be challenged by demands on them by someone who masters ICT better than they do themselves. If students report being satisfied with their ICT training, they still often feel that they are missing one important element. They feel that they do not have enough time to use and reinforce the knowledge they have acquired. This is not easy to obtain within teacher education programmes. To solve this perceived problem, students would like to see ICT applications as an integrated part of each course. Another way to establish ICT knowledge in teacher education is to instigate continuous competence development, in which the initial knowledge acquired constitutes the prime basis for career-long learning. This strategy calls for teacher education to provide and introduce an open-ended lifelong learning programme, in which new concepts and knowledge are constantly provided to both pre-service and in-service
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