Towards the effective integration of ICT in educational practices; a review of the situation in Nigeria

Like other developing countries, Nigeria is still in the early stages of integrating information and communication technology into the education and learning process of education. In spite of many obstacles, the use of ICT has many factors that promote teaching and learning Nigerian schools. ICT is an electronic means for obtaining, processing, storing and sending information. The use of ICT in instruction in the classroom is to provide teachers and students with the opportunity to learn self-responsibility such as operation, storage, operation, searching of information, encouragement of voluntary and active learning, distance education, It is important. Planning and preparing courses and design materials such as study after school, distribution of course contents, resource sharing, promotion of expertise and advice

Recent concern is whether the learning outcome can be effectively improved by integrating information and communication technology (ICT) into education. However, empirical evidence on the impact of the ICT program in school education is complicated. The theory suggests that this may be due to the difference whether the ICT curriculum is included in the classroom education program. Unfortunately, few empirical studies compare the relative effectiveness of ICT with programs that do not integrate educational programs and education. In order to understand the most effective way to design a new course trying to improve English learning using ICT, a cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT), in which some schools accept ICT and incorporate them into the curriculum went. Schools under ICT did not include them in the educational plan; and other schools as control

Impact of ICT and education: evidence from randomized controlled trials in rural schools in China