Relevance of ICT

RELEVANCE OF ICT.
The relevance of ICT in the lives of students and the world at large cannot be over emphasized. The emergence of ICT to the world of science and management has brought tremendous change in those areas of application.






We will be outlining those areas ICT has affected positively. They are as follows:



e-learning is the use of technology to enable people to learn anytime and anywhere.
e-learning can include training, the delivery of just-in-time information and guidance from experts.
Your learning program will need the power of technology to overcome the limitations of time, distance and resources.




A virtual classroom duplicates the capabilities found in a real classroom. A virtual classroom provides:




A place to meet: students and teachers use their computers to go to a virtual meeting place instead of a classroom.



Take attendance: A list of students is recorded.


Lecture: Teachers can choose from a variety of synchronous technologies including slide presentation.



Audio and Video Conferencing.
Audio conferencing can be implemented in two ways:
i. Computers connected to the internet. Common names for this line of implementation are IP Audio Conferencing or Voice-over-IP.
ii. Phone conferences. People fail the same number to participate in an audio conference.







Video conferencing can also be implemented in two ways:
i. Computers connected to the internet. The computers need digital cameras (web camera).
ii. Special video conferencing devices that connect over the internet or over phone lines. There are online applications you can use for this purpose, like Facebook. Yahoo Messenger and Twitter. You can also use them to source for information.





Chat.
Chat allows several people to communicate with each other. Each participant user a computer to type their comments. The other participants can see the name of the person and their comments. You can chat on Facebook, Wagon Messenger and Googletalk.





Application Sharing.
You can demonstrate how to use software applications to remote learners with application sharing. A teacher can also let the learner take control of the application to practice performini tasks.






Instant Messaging.
Instant messaging is similar to chat. One person communicates to another through typing. Instant messaging also provides some additional features. With instant messaging, you can keep a list of list of people that you might like to chat with. The list will indicate he they are online, available for chat or busy. There features make instant messaging an excellent took for learning from peers.