IMPACT OF ICT ON

EDUCATION

IMPACT ON CURRICULUM
Shared learning resources: Television monitors provide details of timetables, projects

and assessment, mealtime menus and a host of other useful up-to-the-minute

information. There are also regular play-outs of short films and videos created by
children, and some schools can use several channels for broadcast purposes.

Shared learning spaces: Networked computing facilities create a distributed

environment where learners can share work spaces, communicate with each other and
their teachers in text form, and access a wide variety of resources from internal and
external databases via web based systems through the Internet.

The promotion of collaborative learning: Reasoning and intellectual development is

embedded in the familiar social situations of everyday life so the social context of
learning has a great deal of importance. Collaborative learning is therefore taking an
increasing profile in the curricula of many schools, with ICT playing a central role.
Schools are already starting to use discussion lists, and other forms of computer
mediated communication (CMC) to promote collaboration in a variety of learning tasks
and group projects.

The move towards autonomous learning: At the same time, computers - and the power

they bring to the student to access, manipulate, modify, store and retrieve information
- will promote greater autonomy in learning. Inevitably, the use of ICT in the classroom
will change the role of the learner, enabling children to exert more choice over how
they approach study, requiring less direction from teachers. Students will be able to
direct their own studies to a greater extent, with the teacher acting as a guide or
moderator rather than as a director

TEACHING USING ICT

There are various tools of ICT like white board video
conferencing system

web-based resources

electronic and digital libraries

and many more, which supports learning and teaching.

Teachers benefit from it, as it helps in reducing the

duplication of effort when preparing lesson plans,
worksheets and reports as well as it provide method for
teaching like through Multimedia presentations of the
content, by audio and through video conferencing and
even they can share there view, resources

LEARNING USING ICT

The development of various intellectual skills is noted

e.g. reasoning and problem solving, learning how to learn

and creativity.

Specificity

of

what

is

learned

using

the

new

technologies is broadened and deepened.

Students demonstrate a greater spontaneous interest

in a learning Activity

The time and attention devoted to learning activities

increases when students use ICT.

The ease of access to information sources develops

the research spirit.

Broader

co-operation among individuals within and

beyond school is enabled through technologies.

CHANGED ROLE OF TEACHERS AND

MODERATORS

The changes that took place in schools have changed

the roles of teachers, too. In the past teachers used

to be the major source of knowledge, the leader and
educator of their students' school life. Teachers would
organise after-school activities. They used to be the
authority in the class and often took over the role of
parents.

Nowadays, teachers provide information and show

their students how to tackle them. Although they are

still considered to be a kind of leader in the class, they
can be thought of as facilitators in the learning
process. They are supporters rather than educators
and also advisors towards parents.

IMPACT ON
TEACHERS
Self-improvement.
Changed role as mentors