Tertiary Students' View on Information and Communications Technology Usage in Ghana

Ghana had full Internet connectivity in 1995. Since then Ghana's public Universities Information and Communication Technology (ICT) growth is lagging in comparison to the country's business ICT usage. In this article we present the findings of a project that captured students' views on ICTs usage at the University of Cape Coast using questionnaires. Non-probability methods such as accidental and purposive methods were used in the administration of questionnaires. The data captured was analyzed with SPSS. Findings reveal that the use of ICTs, such as the interactive whiteboards, is increasing in a number of lecture halls. E-mail is used by most students but is limited to their personal cummunication with friends and family members. Most students despite their frequent use of e-mail, they do not use it as a conduit for learning. Most lecturers also do not engage their students in the use of ICTs by giving them assignments through e-mail, referring to the online academic resources, web references, referring to CD-ROMs in referenced textbooks, etc. Empirical induction from the analysis brought to the fore that ICTs are not extensively used in teaching and learning in Ghana's public Universities specifically at the University of Cape Coast.