Information Communication Technology Integration in Education
Keywords:
ICT, Socially Disadvantage Group, Learner, ICT ProductsAbstract
ICT can be used as a tool to provide high quality educational content for the schools in remote areas. Education of socially disadvantage group is always a challenge for the developing country. The importance of such kind of technology is a need of present scenario. ICT integration in education can provide better environment for those who are not in the main stream of society and geographically distributed students. ICT also allows the academic institutions to reach disadvantaged groups and new international educational markets. ICT increases the flexibility of delivery of education so that learners can access knowledge anytime and from anywhere. Thus, ICT- supported learning can act as a catalyst of education. It also leads to the democratization of education. Various ICT products such as, teleconferencing, video calling, audio cassettes and CD ROMs can be used in education for different purpose. ICT provide a unique platform to all type of learner and it has a great impact in the era of modern educational development.
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