ICTs IN EDUCATION
What is ICT ?
The term ICT represents –
Information – The representation of data in meaningful way is called
information.
Communication – The term referred as Exchanging information by
speaking , writing or using other medium. It create bind between two
individual , groups , organization in order to understand each other.
Technologies – The term derived from two Greek words Techne +
logia/ logos . The word Techne means – art/ skill/ craft and the word
Logia/Logos means – study ( Systamatic Treatment)
The term Information and Communication Technologies refers to
forms of technologies that are used to create, store, share or transmit
each information. These technologies include computers, internet ,
broadcasting-technologies and telephones.
- ICT IN EDUCATION
ICT in education refers to the use of digital tools and resources to
facilitate teaching- learning process. The metriculous use of ICT in
Educational technology can liberate the system and help achieve
quality in the country.
Fast development in ICT is shaping a new
world, learning is shifting from teacher-centered to learner centered
and can potentially by undertaken anytime and anywhere fro
classrooms to homes and offices.
Benefits of ICT in Education –
The National Association of Advisers for computers in education
(NAACE) and British Educational communications & Technology agency (
BECTa) (2001) identified five features of effective practice of teaching &
learning with ICT. These are as follows –
a) Autonomy : Pupils develop their own ways of thinking about the
task and develop their own strategies for overcoming problems.
b) Capability : pupils develop the ability to make critical judgements
about the contribution of ICT to their work and understand the
value of ICT.
c) Creativity : pupils are inspired to be creative and innovative with
ICT.
d) Quality: pupils us ICT to present and communicate their ideas of
high standard reducing as necessary to produce better quality
outcome.
-ICT for Teachers Empowerment –
Welliver’s Instructional Transfromation Model ( Welliver , 1990) has
teach progressing through five hierarchical stage in order to integrate
ICT effectively as given the following figure :-
1) Familiarization – Teachers become aware of Technology and its
potential uses.
2) Utilization- Teachers use Technology in effective manner.
3) Integration- Teachers are constantly thinking of ways to use
technology in their classrooms.
4) Reorientation- Teachers begin to rethink the Educational goals of
the classroom becomes completely integrated with technology in
all subject areas.
-ICT for Children with Special Needs –
Use of ICT will catalyse the cause and achieve the goal of inclusive
Education. ICT software and Tools to facilitate access to person with
disabilities like screen readers, Braille printers etc. will be part of ICT
infrastructure in all school.
-Open Educational Resources (OERs) - OERs are teaching,
learning & research materials in any medium-digital or
otherwise. That reside in public domain that permit no cost
access, use , adaptation and re-distribution by others with
no limited restrictions – (UNESCO- 2012) some of the open
access initiatives have contributed largely these are as
follows:-
Digital library of India ( NATIONAL DIGITAL LIBRARY
NDL)
National programme on Technology Echanced
learning (NPTRL)
CEC (Consortium for Educational Communication)
e-Pathshala project by NCERT
SWAYAM ( Study webs of Active learning for Yong
Aspiring Minds)
E-shodh Sindhu (eSS)
SAK SHAT: A one stop Education portal
Shodh Gangotru (Research )
Shodh Ganga (Theses &Dessetation)
-Key challenges in Integrating ICTs in Education
Although Educators acknowledge the importance of ICT in
teaching-learning process & teacher-traning , difficulties
continue to encountered . The following are the barriers in ICT
Integration into teaching & technology training:
Infrastructure related challenges in ICT enhanced
Education
Challenges related to financing the cost of ICT use
Challenges related to Technical support and maintenance
Challenges with respect to effective Training
Curriculum review is also seen as a big challenge.
CONCLUSION
Effective implantation of ICTs is certainly a powerful means of
Improving the quality of education in general and teacher
education in particular.
Besides , the use of OERs also enable the teachers to be
dynamic. Systematic and scientific with a good informational
and transformational educational leaders in their future days.
Shifting pedagogies redesigning the curriculum and assessment
& providing more autonomy to teachers will help to optimize
the use of ICTs.
REFRENCES:-
1) National curriculum Framework 2005 , National Council of
Education Research and Training, New Dehli, India.
2) http://www.bdu.ac.in
3) http://www.education.gov.in
4) http://wikieducator.org
5) http://www.ijsshr.in
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