Student Learning and the Role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in 21st Century: A Review

  • Jaspreet Singh Ph.D Scholar Central University of Jammu
  • Amir Shamim Shiekh Central University of Jammu
  • Manmeet Kour MPhil, University of Delhi
  • Pankaj Kumar MPhil Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University, Wardha, Maharashtra
Keywords: ICT, student, performance, learning, impact, education

Abstract

In the last few decades, Information Technology has transformed the entire world into a village, known as Global Village, as proposed by Marshal McLuhan. ICT has increased its influence in every field like the education sector, defense sector, technology etc. In the 21st century, information and communication technology (ICT) has become an important and integral part of most educational organizations throughout the world.. The use of ICT in classroom teaching and learning processes has become indispensable as it gives teachers and learners the opportunity to operate, store, control and retrieve data in addition to promoting self-regulated and active learning. (Ali, Haolader & Muhammad, 2013) Today we are dependent on technology and the role of ICT is increasing day by day and is believed to be a new normal. Keeping that in view, the present paper attempts to examine the relationship between information and communication technologies (ICT) and student learning. This conceptual paper  is based on secondary information collected from different sources such as books, journal articles, newspapers, reports of various government organizations, non-governmental organizations and soon.

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Published
2020-09-18
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Jaspreet Singh, Amir Shamim Shiekh, Manmeet Kour and Pankaj Kumar 2020. Student Learning and the Role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in 21st Century: A Review . International Journal on Integrated Education. 3, 9 (Sep. 2020), 181-185. DOI:https://doi.org/10.17605/ijie.v3i9.617.
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