BENEFITS OF ICT

AN ASSIGNMENT ON WHAT I CAN MAKE OUT FROM ICT AS A STUDENT

  BY
 

IDOKO FLORENCE AWELE
 

REGISTRATION NO: 2009636010P
 

SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARMENT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
 

COURSE CODE LIS: 611
 

NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY, AKWA
                                   

                                     LECTURER DR. C.ANUNOBI                                           

                                              
                                                             INTRODUCTION
       Information and communication technology is concerned with the technology used in information handling processing, storing and disseminating information. The use of computers and communication technologies in information handling and processing has arisen because of the increased workload involved in copying with information explosion in order to keep pace with handling the increasing number of information carriers, computers are utilize to handle information processing with greater speed and accuracy than manual processing.
                                 The benefits of ICT are as follows:

• Enables greater learner autonomy:The use of ICT enables greater learner autonomy that is gives leaner freedom to learn without be controlled.
• Unlocks hidden potential for those with communication difficulties: The use of ICT unlocks hidden potential for those with communication  difficulties.
• Enables students to demonstrate achievement in ways which might not be possible with traditional methods: the use of ICT brings about a lot of achievement which might be difficult to achieve through the use of traditional methods when books are catalogued traditionally it is often difficult to access and retrieve but when they are done through the use  of computers they can be easily retrieved.
• Enables tasks to be tailored to suit individual skills and ability
• Computers can improve independent access for students to education.
• Student with special educational needs are able to accomplish tasks working at their own pace :ICT gives opportunity to people with special educational need to carry out specific task without difficult and at their own pace.
• Visually impaired students using the internet can access information alongside their sighted peers.
• Student with profound and multiple learning difficulties can communicate more easily.
• Student using voice communication aids gain confidence and social credibility at school and in their communities.
• Reduces isolation for Students in other university by enabling them to communicate electronically with other students in other university.
• Supports reflection on professional practice via online communication.
• Improved skills for staff and a greater understanding of access technology used by students :ICT improves staff skill this makes it possible for them to pass knowledge easily to students and increases  the understanding of students.
• Enhances professional development and the effectiveness of the use of ICTs with students through collaboration with peers.
• Materials already in electronic form (for example, from the Internet) are more easily adapted into accessible resources such as large print or Braille.
• ICT brings about access enormous amounts of information quickly.
• Special needs, both remedial and extension, can be offered during the same lesson.
• Course material can be offered simultaneously in different languages.
• Academic courses can be offered asynchronously.
• ICT can offer simulations where the student can experiment by changing the variables.
• ICT offers a host of different tools to demonstrate learning suitable for divergent and different intelligences.
• Young students have readily accepted the technology.
• ICT can, via multimedia, improve the richness of the learning experience;
• ICT can track a students progress and proficiency at certain skills.
• They allow the teacher to focus on process rather than product.
• Diagnostic tools allow the teacher to identify learning trends and problems.
• Student work, created electronically, lends itself to Internet publishing and the creation of student portfolio work.                                                                                               

                       REFERENCES

Aina, L.O. (2004) Library and Information Science Text for Africa: Ibadan,301p.
Aina, L.O (2002) Research in Information Science: An perspective: Ibadan: Stirling-Horden.
Hutchinson, E. and Sawyer, S.C. (2000) Computers, Communications Information: A user’s Introduction core version.7th edition .Boston:Irwin MC Graw-Hill