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WHY DO WE USE ICT IN EDUCATION?

WHY DO WE USE ICT IN EDUCATION?. Reyhan Sağlam, Ezel Tekin, Nagihan Aydın. What are ICTs and what types of ICTs are commonly used in education?. ICTs stand for information and c ommunication technologies and are

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WHY DO WE USE ICT IN EDUCATION?

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  1. WHY DO WE USE ICT IN EDUCATION? Reyhan Sağlam, Ezel Tekin, Nagihan Aydın

  2. What are ICTs and what types of ICTs are commonly used in education? ICTs stand for information and communicationtechnologies and are definedas a “diverse set of technologicaltools andresourcesusedto communicate,and to create,store, and manageinformation.”

  3. Thesetechnologies include: computers,theInternet,broadcastingtechnologies(radio and television), andtelephony. ICT is a crucial resource in education which has been used for about 50 years and has been developing day by day.

  4. How can the use of ICTs help improve the quality of education? Improving the quality of education and training is a critical issue, particularly at a time of educationalexpansion.

  5. Advantages • Teachers upload course documents so that students misses a lesson, they can download information and do the work in their own time. • Special facilities for pupils with disabilities. • Teacher and pupil communications improve. • ICT provides links with other schools or with businesses. • Computers in schools provides wider access to ICT and encourages new ways of learning • Can repeat work again and again.

  6. Benefits • Convenient • self-service (mix and match) • on-demand (anytime, anywhere) • private learning • self-paced • Flexibility: (modular package)

  7. Cost-effective • Virtual learning environment • Share lessons among schools • Reduce material cost • Reduce travel/accommodation costs

  8. Consistent • Central control of content • Same quality of content for all • Same quality of education for all • media-rich • Easier to understand & more engaging • repeatable • As many times as you like • easier to monitor progress • less administrative work • can be more precise

  9. Conclusion • ICT and e-learning offers opportunity to raise educational standards in schools. • Large range of ICT tools are available for teaching and learning. • Closes the gap of “Digital Divide”. • Involvement of teachers and parents is important. • Schools will need funding, access and training.

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