Information Communication Technology (ICT) Integration to Educational Curricula
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Information Communication Technology (ICT) Integration to Educational Curricula

A New Direction for Africa

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eBook - ePub

Information Communication Technology (ICT) Integration to Educational Curricula

A New Direction for Africa

About this book

Information Communication Technology (ICT) Integration to Educational Curricula serves as a standard textbook in graduate and senior level undergraduate classes in colleges and universities to contribute to the existing mass communication and ICT literature. The textbook offers a multi-discipline perspective to students of mass communication and information technology and avails them an opportunity to have a valid research tool with great details to pursue their research and class assignments. It provides an essential platform for appropriate literature in mass communication, political communication, and ICT details with relevance to its integration in Africa educational curricula.

The book can also serve as a supplemental text for courses in mass media effects, politics, and political communications. It includes contributions by scholars and professionals of African extraction with varied research interests on diverse issues relevant to ICT and its significant impact to curricula development and application to Africa as the new African educational system. The chapters cover a wide array of mass communication, diffusion of innovation, and ICT issues of diverse importance that will guide students, government agencies, and professionals in following the imminent and evolving changes resulting from the integration of technology to educational curricula.

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Table of contents

  1. FOREWORD
  2. PREFACE
  3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  4. INTRODUCTION OVERVIEW OF INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY’S (ICT) IMPACT IN THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN AFRICA
  5. CHAPTER 1 THE IMPERATIVE OF DEALING WITH SOME FUNDAMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURAL CHALLENGES AS A PREREQUISITE TO THE INTEGRATION OF ICT TO EDUCATIONAL CURRICULA IN AFRICA
  6. CHAPTER 2 USAGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AS PEDAGOGICAL TOOLS AMONG LECTURERS IN NIGERIAN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS
  7. CHAPTER 3 INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) INTEGRATION IN AFRICAN EDUCATION: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR STUDENTS, EDUCATORS AND THE GOVERNMENT
  8. CHAPTER 4 E-LEARNING AS A VEHICLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL GIRLS IN GHANA, WEST AFRICA
  9. CHAPTER 5 IMPROVING STUDENT LEARNING THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA: BEST PRACTICES IN TEACHING, LEARNING AND TRAINING AFRICAN STUDENTS IN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
  10. CHAPTER 6 CHALLENGES FACING THE AVAILABILITY AND UTILIZATION OF ICT RESOURCES IN POST PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN NSUKKA EDUCATIONAL ZONE OF ENUGU STATE, NIGERIA
  11. CHAPTER 7 THE PROMISE, PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES OF INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) UTILIZATION IN AFRICAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS: CONTINENTAL, NATIONAL AND INSTITUTIONAL REALITIES
  12. Chapter 8 CLOUD COMPUTING IN EDUCATION—A STUDY OF TRENDS, CHALLENGES AND AN ARCHETYPE FOR EFFECTIVE ADOPTION IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES
  13. Chapter 9 THE ROLE OF ICT IN CHANGING ACADEMIC CURRICULA: A REVIEW OF THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AND INTEGRATION APPROACH IN SCHOOLS IN AFRICA
  14. Chapter 10 MODELING DATA PRIVACY IN AFRICA
  15. Chapter 11 ICT INTEGRATION AND APPLICATION IN KENYA’S EDUCATION SYSTEM: AN ASSESSMENT OF POLICIES, STRATEGIES AND CHALLENGES
  16. Chapter 12 ICT AS A FACILITATOR OF A NEW BREED OF EDUCATIONAL MODALITIES: A REVIEW OF CURRICULA REFORMS, IMPROVING IN-SERVICE TEACHER TRAINING, AND REINFORCING NON-FORMAL AND DISTANCE EDUCATION APPROACHES IN GHANA
  17. Chapter 13 CLOUD COMPUTING AS AN ENABLER FOR GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS
  18. Chapter 14 ASPECTS OF LANGUAGE CHANGE: A STUDY OF THE IMPACT OF NEW INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY ON THE SOCIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE IN CENTRAL AFRICA
  19. Chapter 15 NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING: CHALLENGES FOR HIGHER LEARNING INSTITUTIONS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
  20. CONTRIBUTORS
  21. EDITOR