ICT in Education

Information and communication technologies in education 


deal with the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) within educational technology.
ICT in education means implementing of its equipment in teaching and learning process as a media. The purpose of ICT in education is to generally make students familiar with its use and how it works.
ICT in education can be broadly categorized in the following ways as:

• ICT as a subject (i.e., computer studies)
• ICT as a tool to support traditional subjects (i.e., computer-based learning, presentation, research)
• ICT as an administrative tool (i.e., education management information systems/EMIS)
• ICT as a medium of knowledge exchange

By country

India

In India, ICT is being emerging field of researches in education. In the field of Open and Distance Education it is being widely utilized.
It is being offered as an undergraduate and graduate level courses in Dhirubhai Ambani-Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DA-IICT).
DA-IICT offers a unique four-year undergraduate Program leading to the degree of Bachelor of Technology (Information and Communication Technology). The Program aims to prepare students to either pursue a professional career immediately after graduation or to continue with postgraduate studies either in India or abroad.^[1]
Master of Technology (Information and Communication Technology) This Program is primarily research-oriented and designed to satisfy the demands of industry for innovative solutions. ^[2]

Australia

In Australia, ICT is not a subject until the middle two years of schooling (Stage 5). In NSW, students are offered Information and Software Technology as a two year project-based elective and as well as Photographic and Digital Media as an Art elective. In the senior final two years (Stage 6) a number of computing subjects are offered: Software Design and Development (Programming), Information Processes and Technology and Industrial Technology (Multimedia) .^[3] In Victoria, children start ICT in Prep but are not reported upon until they are in Year 1. They undertake a wide range of activities using technology to learn in all curriculum areas.^[4]

Kenya

In Kenya, ICT is not taught as a subject in primary school. It is taught as an added advantage to some schools. In high school, the ICT is an optional subject. In the university level students are offered several options to choose from. One may either take Bachelor of Science in Information Technology, Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Bachelor of Business Information Technology or Bachelor of Science in Computing Technology. All these courses are inter-related in terms of course work but differ in the majors that a student wants to take or Master.

Norway

In Norway, ICT is a course which students can select for their second year of upper secondary school. From pre-school to Year 10, ICT is interwoven throughout the curriculum as part of the Essential Learning of Communication.

Philippines

Other countries, such as the Philippines, also have integrated ICT in their curriculum. The Curriculum Development Division (CDD) of the Bureau of Elementary Education trained teachers from all over the country how to produce Computer Assisted Instructional Materials (CAIMs) in Math, Science and English subjects. Then CDD distributed the materials produced by the teacher participants to schools nationwide. As early as pre-elementary education in some schools, pupils are having their computer subjects. Other non-computer degree courses in tertiary also incorporated Computer Technology as part of their curriculum.
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United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is a subject in education, and a part of the National Curriculum. Most students can choose to study Information and Communication Technology to GCSE level.
The ICT programme in the United Kingdom was co-ordinated by Becta until 2011. A major initiative was the Curriculum Online scheme, which was closed in 2008 and which was produced to accelerate the uptake of technology amongst schools. Becta took over the running of this scheme from the Department for Education and Skills in 2005. Becta worked closely with the Joint Information Systems Committee to develop strategy.
Students are taught to use software such as office suites, desktop publishers; they are also taught about ICT theory, and how ICT can be used to solve problems. Computer programming is not taught at GCSE level.
Students also study the Data Protection Act, the Computer Misuse Act, and other legal and ethical issues related to ICT.
Many schools have specialist school status in technology and, more recently, in maths and computing, and these schools champion the use of ICT to enhance teaching and learning.^[5]
Within Scotland and the North East of England a pilot enterprise in education initiative^[6] aims to use ICT as a vehicle to encourage creative thinking within the youth demographic. Tapping into the 'unconstrained' minds of the region's young people, the programme simulates the process of taking a new innovative ICT idea through the commercialisation process. The competition is sponsored by Microsoft and BT and hopes to expand its reach throughout the UK in 2009/10.