BED2204 ICT in education

ICT tools can offer a range of benefits to education due to their ability to make information exchange easier, faster and cheaper. In particular, ICT can potentially make education more accessible, improve the quality of education and provide a tool for more effective and efficient management in education. This course aims at equipping teachers at different levels of training with the theoretical and practical application of ICT in teaching, learning and educational management.

Course Objectives
This course unit is meant to enable learners to:

• Explain the key concepts and principles of ICT in Education, 
• Explain the role and limitation of ICT in teaching, learning and educational management
• Outline the different hardware and software, their use and misuse in education
• Acquire skills in designing and use of relevant and appropriate Instructional Demonstrate an understanding of how to use different types of Instructional Media
• Determine appropriate pedagogies for use with different Instructional Media

Expected Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course the students are expected to:

• Effectively use different ICTs to enhance teaching, learning and educational management
• Make informed decisions on how, when and where not to integrate ICT in education
• Integrating technologies according to its affordances and finding solutions to challenges associated with new technologies.