Abstract
Advancement in technology has brought about information technology. Information and communication technology (ICT) has changed the methods of carrying out activities in different areas of human endeavours. As a result of the world rapidly adopting digital media and information, the roles of ICT in assuring quality education is becoming important and the importance is expected to continue growing. In this paper, the effectiveness of adopting ICT as a tool for Teaching/Learning Processes and academic performance was investigated and issues militating against integration of ICT were reviewed. A total of 90 questionnaires were administered to respondents who were students selected randomly from three polytechnics in Nigeria. The selected students were classified into experimental group (learning using ICT) and control group (learning without ICT). Interviews were also employed for selected lecturers. The results show that the use of ICT as a tool for learning has improved the learning outcome of the selected students and the use of ICT for teaching has made teaching very interesting to students with consequential increase in performance of students. Integration of ICT into Teaching and Learning is considered to be a necessary issue for students, educators and education administrators to assure better understandings and effective teachings.
Highlights
Information and Communication technology (ICT) has been viewed by authors in different ways but in the context of this paper a definition adopted by [1] would be used
Integrating Information and communication technology (ICT) into teaching and learning seems to be a necessary issue to academic institutions nowadays. [2] points out that Information and Communication Technology should be used as tools to facilitate thinking and knowledge construction
In Conventional teaching and learning, there have been emphasis on content and for many years, courses have been written around textbooks Teachings had been carried through lectures and presentations intermingled with tutorials and learning activities designed by teachers to enhance and rehearse the content
Summary
Information and Communication technology (ICT) has been viewed by authors in different ways but in the context of this paper a definition adopted by [1] would be used. Support learning-by-constructing: For accessing needed information, comparing perspectives, beliefs, and world views. Technology as context to support learning-bydoing: For representing and simulating meaningful realworld problems, situations and contexts as well as representing beliefs, perspectives, arguments, and stories of others for defining a safe, controllable problems space for student thinking. To support policy makers in education and other related agencies in Nigeria in appreciating the need for the use of ICT in education institutions.
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