An Overview of ICT and Educational Change: Development, Impacts, and Factors

This paper focuses on the development of information and communication technology (ICT) in education, its impact on teaching and learning, as well as the factors that sustain change in education. Since the rise of e-learning in the 1990s, ICT has evolved rapidly in the field of education. Furthermore, ICT is seen as a catalyst for change in education, and its impact on both, students and teachers should not be understated. In addition, the sustenance of these positive changes brought about by ICT should also garner attention. This paper consequently focuses on an overview of the evolution of ICT in the field of education in the last decade or so, its impact on the changes in teaching and learning, as well as the factors that sustain the changes. Through a study of prior literature and reports, the results found that ICT has had a different focus and predicted direction each year from 2009 to the present, as well as significant effects on the content, approach, time, and place of teaching, administration, research process, and roles of teachers and students. Additional factors that influence educational change include funding, equipment software, and personnel expertise. Therefore, this article provides referenceable evidence for further ICT applications in education.

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