THE ROLE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES (ICT) IN EDUCATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

摘要

Information and communications technology (ICT) is changing the developed nations' approaches to education. ICT provides learning opportunities to millions of people of all ages and ethnic groups whether they are on campus or remote and whether they live in dense urban or remote and rural communities. In terms of access ICT promises the ultimate democratization of education and education justice. The paper highlights some aspects in the concept of ICT use in education such as teacher training, IT infrastructure, and curriculum design, so as to ensure that the innovation can successfully prepare workforce to meet the challenges of the ICT era or knowledge society. The results of this work has motivated us more to applying ICT for education in developing smart schools in developing countries in next stages of our research.