ICT curriculum integration in modern-day classroom

Abstract

Information and communication technology (ICT) curriculum integration is a complex task, and it proves to be a challenge to many organisations and institutions of higher learning. However, ICT serves many purposes including simplifying complex tasks. Many higher education institutions use ICT for innovative teaching and learning. Although ICT has been considered as an educational initiative for the future, it is still not universally understood. This paper presents the role of the ICT curriculum in modern-day classroom and how it should be implemented at a university of technology to enhance teaching and learning. In this study quantitative techniques were used to collect data. Responses from 53 participants in the Department of Office Management and Technology at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology showed the participants’ strong views on the significance of the ICT curriculum on the strategies for teaching and learning. Furthermore, the results showed that ICT improves the strategies for teaching and learning. Its integration in modern-day classroom could lead to the transformation of education at the universities of technologies (UoTs). It has been recommended that more research on education technology should be undertaken to develop the strategies for teaching and learning at UoTs to advance transformation in other fields of social science. There is still a challenge on how best education technology could be employed without resistance and without being too costly.