KOMENDA COLLEGE OF EDUCATION EDC 121 Lesson 2

KOMENDA COLLEGE OF EDUCATION EDC 121 Lesson 2: The Promises of ICT: Potential benefits using ICT in Education and National Development

Learning Indicators 1. Explain some basic concepts of ICT including: i. iii. iv. v. vi. Computer, Information, Integration Literacies, Hardware, Software. 2. Affordances of ICT Tools. 3. Analyze and Evaluate the changes brought by the introduction of ICT.

What is a Computer? • A computer is an electronic device operating under the control of instructions stored in its own memory, that can accepts data, process the data according to specified rules, produce results and stores the results for future use. • Data is a collection of unorganized facts. • Computers manipulate and process data to create information. • Information is data that has been organized and has meaning and is useful

Affordances of ICT Tools • Affordance refers to the perceived and actual properties of a thing, primarily those functional properties that determine just how the thing could possibly be used. • Application of the concept of affordances centers around i. How might the affordances of technologies be articulated? ii. Can these be developed into a taxonomy for ICT? iii. How might a critical knowledge and understanding of such affordances be used to support learning and teaching?

Taxonomy of ICT Affordances • • • Accessibility Speed of change Diversity Communication and collaboration Reflection Multimodal and non-linear Risk, fragility and uncertainty Immediacy Monopolization Surveillance

Application of the Taxonomy • To carry out further analysis, critique and development of the taxonomy framework against relevant theory and practical use. • To establish a clearer understanding of the affordances which should help to inform practitioners in their use of technologies to achieve goals. • To identify potential limitations and inappropriate uses of the technologies. • To act as a discussion, point for critique and further refinement.

• To offer a checklist to help practitioners understand costs and benefits of different technologies. • To use as a mechanism for staff development and improving practice – for example, by providing a checklist of potential benefits and draw backs of different technologies which can be used to inform choice and the ways that practitioners might choose to use them.

Changes brought by Introduction of ICT • In Education 1. Continuous Learning 2. Curriculum Update 3. Digital and Informational competence of Students 4. Productivity in persons and in groups 5. Communication Action in Cyberspace 6. Methodological Innovations 7. Improves teaching and Learning

• ICTs has help to expand access to Education • Deals with diversity • Search for information and do things

• In National Development 1. ICT has helped improve Education 2. ICT Support Economic Development and Poverty Reduction 3. ICT enables Information and Knowledge to Travel Faster and Further 4. ICT helps business to perform better 5. ICT has improved Healthcare Delivery 6. ICT in National Development and Poverty Alleviation 7. ICT has helped to disseminate Government Policy

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