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“ICT in education”
Sheisstoformation and Communication Technology (ICT) in education is the mode of education that use information and communications technology to support enhance and optimize the den and information. Worldwide research has shown that ICT can lead to an improved students learning and bener teaching methods. A report made by the National Institute of Multimedia Education in Japan. proved that an increase use of ICT in education with integrating technology to the curriculum has a significant and positive impacts on students achievement. The results specifically showed that the students who are continuously exposed to technology through education has better knowledge. presentation skills, innovative capabilities and are ready to take more efforts into learning as compared to their counterparts. Introducing ICT into education is the answer for those who how can we increase the reach of our institutions to a larger number of students? The mobile learning (m-learning) as a form of e-learning is a rising trend where the education has outgrown the physical constrains of the classrooms and acquired mobility. Students access information whenever and whenever they want, and institutions that provides such advanced technology terrains in rising in number day by day.
Various devices/ technology in ICT includes:
➤ Access of course materials through remote access device.
➤ Online digital repositories for lectures course materials and digital library.
➤ Online and cloud based academic management systems.
➤ Employing the flipped classroom concept.
➤ Making use of hand held computers, tablet computers, audio players, project devices etc.
Also, the rising number of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) like the courses, khan academy and edx tells us that there is a huge demand for off-the classroom learning facilities. The futures of our institutions will depend on whether or not they can satisfy those needs.
Why measure ICT in education? Policy-makers accepts that ICT in education can help the students to compete in the global economy by being part of a skilled work force and facilitate social mobility by:
➤ Enhancing learning experience and providing new sets of skills.
➤ Reaching more students with Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs).
➤ Facilitating the training of faculties.
➤ Minimizing costs and saving time associated with information delivery and automating regular day to day tasks.
➤ Improving the administration of institutions to enhance the quality and efficiency of service.
According to UNESCO "Messing in ICT in education is therefore important to inform policy delivery. makers in setting national priorities and developing ICT in education policy." Enabling ICT in institutions will be useful for NAAC, NBA and ABET accreditation. Also more and more institutions are applying for accreditation every day to imply for a that the education they provide is high quality. One way to improve the quality of education is to make use of efficient technology in an institution. This will open up more opportunities for the teachers and students as well.
➤ Online interactions would facilitate learning without time constrains and it will be much more easier to conduct assessments and generate reports, since the necessary information don't hav to be manually handled. All these would result in flexible and considerably smoother learning environment and this wou facilitate better results and the accreditations too.
National Award for teachers using ICT for innovation in Education. To promote and improve the digital culture in schools and colleges, the government has instituted the National Award for innovative use of ICT to motivate the teachers and educations for innovative use of ICT in teaching teachi learning.
So, ICT is definitely the path to take for institutions, especially in countries like ours, as our growth is directly aligned with technology and the field of education is no exception. And assuring higher quality education for its students will define whether the institution should move forward or perish.