Information Communication Technology (ICT) Integration to Educational Curricula (eBook)
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.
Cosmas UchennaNwokeafor is professor of mass communication at Bowie State University where he currently serves as dean of the graduate school. He has also served as provost fellow and assistant provost for graduate studies at Bowie State University.
FOREWORDPREFACEACKNOWLEDGMENTSINTRODUCTIONOVERVIEW OF INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY’S (ICT) IMPACT IN THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN AFRICACosmas Uchenna Nwokeafor, Bowie State University CHAPTER 1THE IMPERATIVE OF DEALING WITH SOME FUNDAMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURAL CHALLENGES AS A PREREQUISITE TO THE INTEGRATION OF ICT TO EDUCATIONAL CURRICULA IN AFRICAMatt Mogekwu, Department of Journalism, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY 1CHAPTER 2USAGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AS PEDAGOGICAL TOOLS AMONG LECTURERS IN NIGERIAN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONSIfeoma T. Amobi, University of Lagos, Lagos, NigeriaCHAPTER 3INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) INTEGRATION IN AFRICAN EDUCATION: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR STUDENTS, EDUCATORS AND THE GOVERNMENTFidelis Kpaduwa, Systems Engineer, Loudoun County, VirginiaCHAPTER 4E-LEARNING AS A VEHICLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL GIRLS IN GHANA, WEST AFRICAKristie Roberts-Lewis, Troy University, Troy, AlabamaMichael E. Orok, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TennesseeCHAPTER 5IMPROVING STUDENT LEARNING THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA: BEST PRACTICES IN TEACHING, LEARNING AND TRAINING AFRICAN STUDENTS IN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIESCosmas U. Nwokeafor, Bowie State UniversityCHAPTER 6CHALLENGES FACING THE AVAILABILITY AND UTILIZATION OF ICT RESOURCES IN POST PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN NSUKKA EDUCATIONAL ZONE OF ENUGU STATE, NIGERIAChijioke Jonathan Olelewe, Federal College Of Education, Enugu State, NigeriaAugustina C. Nzeadibe, University of Nigeria, NsukkaCHAPTER 7THE PROMISE, PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES OF INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) UTILIZATION IN AFRICAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS: CONTINENTAL, NATIONAL AND INSTITUTIONALREALITIESJustin U. Harris, University of the District of ColumbiaChapter 8CLOUD COMPUTING IN EDUCATION—A STUDY OF TRENDS, CHALLENGES AND AN ARCHETYPE FOR EFFECTIVE ADOPTION IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIESFagbola Temitayo Matthew, Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti StateChapter 9THE ROLE OF ICT IN CHANGING ACADEMIC CURRICULA: A REVIEW OF THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AND INTEGRATION APPROACH IN SCHOOLS IN AFRICACosmas U. Nwokeafor, Bowie State UniversityChapter 10MODELING DATA PRIVACY IN AFRICAKato Mivule, Bowie State UniversityChapter 11ICT INTEGRATION AND APPLICATION IN KENYA’S EDUCATION SYSTEM: AN ASSESSMENT OF POLICIES, STRATEGIES AND CHALLENGESAlex Sekwat, Tennessee State UniversityChapter 12ICT 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 EDUCATIONAPPROACHES IN GHANAMatilda Yeboah-Fofie, Bowie State UniversityChapter 13CLOUD COMPUTING AS AN ENABLER FOR GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESSFelix Njeh, Bowie State UniversityChapter 14ASPECTS OF LANGUAGE CHANGE: A STUDY OF THE IMPACT OF NEW INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY ON THE SOCIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE IN CENTRAL AFRICAIsaiah Ayafor, Bowie State UniversityChapter 15NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING: CHALLENGES FOR HIGHER LEARNING INSTITUTIONS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIESElizabeth O. Yoloye, Lead City University, Ibadan, NigeriaINDEXCONTRIBUTORSEDITOR
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 24.2.2015 |
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Zusatzinfo | 75 Illustrations including: - 35 Black & White Illustrations; - 40 Tables. |
Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Journalistik | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
Schlagworte | African Educational Information System • Communication technologies • Information Technology (IT) • On-Line Learning in Africa • Social Media |
ISBN-10 | 0-7618-6537-3 / 0761865373 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-7618-6537-7 / 9780761865377 |
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