Reflection on informative tool

                                         ICT in teaching and learning

 First class on END419 has been discussing on how to integrate ICT in teaching and learning. From the discussion I knew that ICT have a potential to transform the nature of education- where and how the students learn and role of teachers in learning process. ICT provide powerful tool to help leaners access vast knowledge resources, consult with experts and solve complex problems using cognitive tool.  Due to ICT in teaching and learning teacher are no longer the source of information so in that case they can as a facilitator to validate and synthesize information collected by learners.

                                          ICT as informative tool

From the Session in informative tool, I knew that it includes all the applications that provide vast amount of information in various forms, such as test, graphics, sound and video. As ICT has become large source of information provider learners can find as many information as they want, this clearly indicate that ICT is used as informative tool.

Information provided by ICT can be used by teachers for planning lessons beside this students has ample of opportunities to choose any style of learning based on their ability. Example, I learn better through video and graphics (visual learner) so, I can choose information based on that format. Not only the information but the format provided to learners play a vital role in consuming the information.

We have different source of information like television, internet, radio and mobile phone. Among the mentioned source internet (social media, mail and blogs) rank top followed by others. Because internet is a worldwide source of information as it provides an enormous database from which the user can access global information and most people prefer it. If I relate it to our current situation, shutting down schools and college due to COVID-19 learning and teaching are happening through use of ICT. Students are taught through television as information can reach to every students around the country. College students use VLE (Virtual Learning Environment), mail and WeChat forum where tutor upload notes (videos, audio and graphics) and discuss.

Informative tool play important role in learning and teaching. For students it add on what they know and enhance their critical thinking as they need to verify the information they obtain. This is how ICT is consider as informative tool.