Availability of Information and Communication Technology (Ict) in the Teaching of Office Technology and Management in Tertiary Institution in Ekiti State
INTRODUCTION
Information and communication technology (ICT) is a program that has changed many aspects of the way people manage information and communication. If ICT is to be compared with such fields as medicine, tourism, business, law, banking, and architecture during the past two or three decades, its note has been enormous. The way these fields operate before is different from the ways they operate at present.
As pointed out by Kennedy and MC Naughty (2000) when one looks at education there seems to have been less influence and change than other fields have experienced. A number of people have attempted to explore this lack of activity and influence, these include Soloway and Prior (2001) and Collins (2002). Oliver and short (2002) stated that in recent times, factors have emerged which have strengthened and encouraged moves to adopt ICT in classrooms and learning settings.
These have included a growing need to explore efficiencies in terms of program delivery, the opportunities for flexible delivery provided by information and communication technology systems and the growing use of the internet and www as tools for information access and communication have witnessed growth in recent times (Oliver and Towers, 2000). ICT is a generic term that refers to technologies which are being used for collecting, storing, editing, and passing on information in various forms.
A personal computer is the best-known example of the use of ICT in education, but the term multimedia is also frequently used. Multimedia can be interpreted as a combination of data carriers, for example, video, CD-ROM, floppy disc, and Internet and software in which the possibility for an interactive approach is offered (Smeets, 1996). Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have become key tools and had a revolutionary impact on how we see the world and how we live in it.
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