• DocumentCode
    538630
  • Title

    Information and communication technology in todays modern education

  • Author

    Castillo, Fermin G., Jr.

  • Author_Institution
    Skyline Univ. Coll., Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    March 30 2010-April 1 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    6
  • Abstract
    With the advent of Knowledge Management in our modern economy today, this rapid growth of information transformation is a great symbol of modern civilization. ICT plays a major role in educational system that will equip the students the much needed knowledge, skills they need in modern day competition. As technology combined with modern teaching pedagogies, this makes the learning process more interesting and enjoyable. As educational institutions are now begin to incorporate the market needs in their course curriculum this pave wave to the role of ICT as combined with other learning resources. As a global practice anywhere and everywhere this trends becomes a great opportunities for the institution to prove that educational pedagogy shift to the modern way of teaching. As educator we must be open to other new pedagogies and tools for learning in order to understand the meaning of learning as ¿a continuous process and not limited to the four corners of the room¿ as the saying goes. The paper discusses the challenges and issues to be face in dealing with ICT in Today¿s modern education as a catalyst for change and development. As academic institutions worldwide are in the process of ICT to be include in their teaching pedagogy, this learning process will provide the learner (Student) more access to information and digital technology resources. As learning is a continuous process this ICT can make a difference on how the teaching pedagogy in the future will be.
  • Keywords
    economics; educational institutions; information technology; knowledge management; communication technology; educational institutions; educational pedagogy; educational system; information technology; information transformation; knowledge management; modern economy; modern education; ICT, Knowledge Management, Information Technology.;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Engineering Systems Management and Its Applications (ICESMA), 2010 Second International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Sharjah
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-6520-0
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-9948-427-14-8
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5700041