ROLE OF ICT IN EDUCATION

Globalization and technological change- processes that have geared up in tandem over the past years have shaped a new global economy and affected each and one ―powered by technology, fueled by information and driven by knowledge. Especially Information and communication technologies (ICT) presently are influencing every aspect of human life. The impact of the ICT on each sector of the life across the past two-three decades has been commendable. The impact and the way to act is different as compared to their pasts. Across the past twenty years the use of ICT has basically changed all forms of endeavors within business, governance and off-course education. Information and communication technologies (ICTs)—which include radio and television, as well as newer digital technologies such as computers and the Internet have been flaunted as potentially powerful enabling tools for educational change and reform. The effective integration of ICTs into the educational system is a complex process that involves not just technology—indeed, given enough initial capital, getting the technology is the easiest part but also curriculum and pedagogy, institutional readiness, teacher competencies, and long-term financing. As world is moving rapidly towards digital information, the role of ICTs in education becoming more and more important and this importance will continue to grow and develop in this century. The ICTs are yet to be instituted on wide scale in education and many milestones are still to be touched to envision the absolute practice in education. This paper highlights how ICT is influencing the education and making teaching-learning easy and effective, the role in upgrading contemporary higher education and discusses potential future developments.