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Sunday, October 5, 2008

ICT

ICTs stand for information and communication technologies and are defined, for the purposes of thisprimer, as a “diverse set of technological tools and resources used to communicate, and to create, disseminate,store, and manage information.” These technologies include computers, the Internet, broadcasting technologies (radio and television), and telephony.
In recent years there has been a groundswell of interest in how computers and the Internet can bestbe harnessed to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of education at all levels and in both formaland non-formal settings. But ICTs are more than just these technologies; older technologies such as the telephone, radio and television, although now given less attention, have a longer and richer history asinstructional tools. For instance, radio and television have for over forty years been used for open and distance learning, although print remains the cheapest,most accessible and therefore most dominant delivery mechanism in both developed and developing countries. The use of computers and the Internet is still in its infancy in developing countries, if these are used at all, due to limited infrastructure and the attendant high costs of access.
Moreover, different technologies are typically used in combination rather than as the sole delivery mechanism.

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