Information communication technology (ICT) integration to educational curricula : a new direction for Africa / edited by Cosmas Uchenna Nwokeafor ; foreword by Christian N. Okeke ; contributors Alex Sekwat [and fifteen others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Okeke, Christian N., author of introduction, etc.

Contributor:

Nwokeafor, Cosmas Uchenna, editor.

Sekwat, Alex, contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information technology.

Education--Curricula.

Education.

Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, [Maryland] : University Press of America, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Information Communication Technology (ICT) Integration To Educational Curricula

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FOREWORD

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION OVERVIEW OF INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY'S (ICT) IMPACT IN THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN AFRICA

CHAPTER 1 THE IMPERATIVE OF DEALING WITH SOME FUNDAMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURAL CHALLENGES AS A PREREQUISITE TO THE INTEGRATION OF ICT TO EDUCATIONAL CURRICULA IN AFRICA

CHAPTER 2 USAGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AS PEDAGOGICAL TOOLS AMONG LECTURERS IN NIGERIAN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS

CHAPTER 3 INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) INTEGRATION IN AFRICAN EDUCATION: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR STUDENTS, EDUCATORS AND THE GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER 4 E-LEARNING AS A VEHICLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL GIRLS IN GHANA, WEST AFRICA

CHAPTER 5 IMPROVING STUDENT LEARNING THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA: BEST PRACTICES IN TEACHING, LEARNING AND TRAINING AFRICAN STUDENTS IN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

CHAPTER 6 CHALLENGES FACING THE AVAILABILITY AND UTILIZATION OF ICT RESOURCES IN POST PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN NSUKKA EDUCATIONAL ZONE OF ENUGU STATE, NIGERIA

CHAPTER 7 THE PROMISE, PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES OF INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) UTILIZATION IN AFRICAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS: CONTINENTAL, NATIONAL AND INSTITUTIONAL REALITIES

Chapter 8 CLOUD COMPUTING IN EDUCATION-A STUDY OF TRENDS, CHALLENGES AND AN ARCHETYPE FOR EFFECTIVE ADOPTION IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES

Chapter 9 THE ROLE OF ICT IN CHANGING ACADEMIC CURRICULA: A REVIEW OF THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AND INTEGRATION APPROACH IN SCHOOLS IN AFRICA

Chapter 10 MODELING DATA PRIVACY IN AFRICA

Chapter 11 ICT INTEGRATION AND APPLICATION IN KENYA'S EDUCATION SYSTEM: AN ASSESSMENT OF POLICIES, STRATEGIES AND CHALLENGES.

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

Chapter 13 CLOUD COMPUTING AS AN ENABLER FOR GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS

Chapter 14 ASPECTS OF LANGUAGE CHANGE: A STUDY OF THE IMPACT OF NEW INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY ON THE SOCIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE IN CENTRAL AFRICA

Chapter 15 NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING: CHALLENGES FOR HIGHER LEARNING INSTITUTIONS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

INDEX

CONTRIBUTORS

EDITOR.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 14, 2015).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-7618-6537-3

OCLC:

904281158