ROLE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY N HIGHER EDUCATION

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is a powerful tool, which can be employed for its flexibility and cost effectiveness to achieve various goals of education. In the present era the role of ICT in higher education is becoming more important because the world is undergoing a major revolutionary change where technology has intervened in all walks of life be it social, economic, political or cultural. Higher education is no exception to be adversely affected by the intervention of technology and it has also seen many appropriate changes that has brought a totally new look to the concept of higher education in modern times. With the technologic world, the teacher should also keep place and be aware of the new technologies and the way to integrate them in higher education so as to enhance learning in their students which is the main aim of higher education. ICT also helps to share availability of best practices and best course material in education. ICT based education causes changes in the educational objectives in the conception of the teaching and learning process. This paper argues that a central role of educational technology is to provide additional strategies that can be used to address the serious environmental and educational challenges faced by educators and students in higher education.