Abstract:
This article discusses the Roles of ICT in education. Information communication
technologies (ICT) at present are influencing every aspect of human life. They are
playing salient roles in work places, business, education, and entertainment. Moreover,
many people recognize ICTs as catalysts for change; change in working conditions,
handling and exchanging information, teaching methods, learning approaches,
scientific research, and in accessing information. Therefore, this review article discusses
the roles of ICTs, the promises, limitations and key challenges of integration to
education systems. The review attempts in answering the following questions: (1) What
are the benefits of ICTs in education? (2) What are the existing promises of ICT use in
education systems of some developing countries? (3) What are the limitations and key
challenges of ICTs integration to education systems? The review concludes that
regardless of all the limitations characterizing it, ICT benefits education systems to
provide quality education in alignment with constructivism, which is a contemporary
paradigm of learning.
