scholarly journals The digital divide at three disadvantaged secondary schools in Gauteng, South Africa

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grasia Chisango ◽  
Newlin Marongwe
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
School Closures ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Technology In Teaching ◽  
Information And Communication

In this study, we aimed to explore the extent of the digital divide at three quintile 1 secondary schools in Sedibeng West, Gauteng, South Africa. The rapid diffusion of information and communication technology (ICT) has changed the education sector along with others in societies around the globe. Technology, and, in particular, the internet, has affected, for instance, the ways in which learners communicate with teachers, learn, and work. With the advent of the internet, teaching and learning is no longer confined to classrooms. However, the digital divide, exposed by the closing of schools because of Covid-19 has now become more apparent. We collected data from 48 teachers and 3 school principals through focus group discussions and in-depth face-to-face interviews, respectively. We conclude that the three schools whose principals we interviewed, suffer from the inadequacy of ICT that creates digital, information, and knowledge divides between schools of different quintiles. Furthermore, these schools cannot run online classes during school closures related to Covid-19. We recommend training teachers and learners on how to use technology in teaching and learning since this would help to overcome difficulties during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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2011 ◽  
pp. 1091-1095
Author(s):  
Mario A. Maggioni ◽  
Teodora Erika Uberti
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
The World ◽  
Information And Communication

The Internet is perhaps one of the newest and most powerful media that enables the transmission of digital information and communication across the world, even if there still exist important divides (digital divide) between and within countries in the endowment, access and use of this technology.

Using Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Secondary Schools in Nigeria: Problems and Prospects.

2019 ◽  
pp. 232-236
Author(s):  
Christiana N.N.
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Computer Hardware ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Wrong Side ◽  
Information And Communication

There is no doubt that modern life is dominated by technology. Although it has been rightly said that what is wrong with education cannot be fixed with technology, there is a universal recognition of the need to use Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in education as we enter the era of globalization where the free flow of information via satellite and the internet hold sway in the dissemination of knowledge and information. Already, Nigeria is on the wrong side of the international digital divide, as it has not made significant effort to integrate ICT into secondary school curriculum. A great deal of instructional and administrative work in secondary school in Nigeria is still carried out manually. This paper, therefore, examines the major obstacles militating against the use of ICT in secondary education in Nigeria. It identifies the high cost of computer hardware and software, weak infrastructure, lack of human skills and knowledge in ICT, and lack of relevant software appropriate and culturally suitable to Nigeria as the major stumbling block of the adoption of ICT in secondary education in Nigeria. Also, secondary schools in Nigeria are not given adequate funds to provide furniture, relevant textbooks and adequate classroom let alone being given adequate fund for high-tech equipment. At present the cost of subscribing to the Internet is too high for many of the impoverished secondary schools in Nigeria. Nigeria needs ICT to aid teaching, learning and educational management. ICT is an instrument for economic and technological development in the 21st century. Therefore, Nigeria cannot afford to be on the wrong side of the digital divide.

scholarly journals Cálculo Diferencial e Integral e o Uso de Tecnologias Digitais de Informação e Comunicação: uma Discussão de Pesquisas nos Últimos Onze Anos

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 145
Author(s):  
Vanessa Rodrigues Lopes ◽  
Suely Scherer
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Virtual Space ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Integral Calculus ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Theses And Dissertations

Os conceitos de Cálculo Diferencial e Integral são estudados em diversos cursos do Ensino Superior, como por exemplo, Engenharias, Química, Ciência da Computação, Administração, Biologia, Física, Matemática, dentre outros. Nos últimos onze anos, diversas pesquisas foram realizadas com foco nos processos de ensino e/ou de aprendizagem de Cálculo e em muitas se anuncia que foram motivadas pelos índices de reprovação nesta disciplina. Neste artigo, o objetivo é apresentar e analisar pesquisas desenvolvidas nos últimos onze anos, cujo objeto de investigação é o ensino e/ou a aprendizagem de Cálculo em espaço presencial e/ou virtual, no Ensino Superior, com uso de Tecnologias Digitais de Informação e Comunicação (TDIC) e refletir sobre a problemática do ensino e da aprendizagem de Cálculo com uso de TDIC, em especial com momentos à distância, a partir do cenário evidenciado por essas pesquisas. O estudo foi realizado a partir de uma busca no banco de teses e dissertações da Capes e na Biblioteca Digital Brasileira de teses e dissertações, tendo como resultado final vinte pesquisas sobre o tema, que foram analisadas nesse artigo. Esse cenário de pesquisas evidencia que o uso de tecnologias digitais pode ser um caminho para a superação de algumas dificuldades na aprendizagem do Cálculo. E um desafio para pesquisas sobre essa temática/problemática é considerar a possibilidade da aprendizagem móvel, ou M-learning, da aprendizagem ubíqua, ou u-learning, afinal os alunos do Ensino Superior estão cada vez mais com a tecnologia digital em suas mãos, acessível a qualquer momento, em vários espaços.Palavras-chave: Cálculo Diferencial e Integral I. Tecnologia Digital de Informação e Comunicação. Espaço Presencial. Espaço Virtual.AbstractThe concepts of Differential and Integral Calculus are studied in several courses of Higher Education, such as in Engineering, Chemistry,Computer Science, Administration, Biology, Physics, Mathematics, among others. In the last eleven years, several researches have beenconducted focusing on the teaching and / or learning process of Calculus, and in many, it is announced that they were motivated by the failurerates in this discipline. In this article the objective is to present and analyze researches developed in the last eleven years whose object ofresearch is the teaching and / or learning of Calculus in presence and / or virtual space in higher education, using Digital Information andCommunication Technologies ( TDIC), and to reflect on the teaching and learning of Calculus using TDIC, especially with moments at adistance, based on the scenario evidenced by these studies. The study was carried out from a search of the thesis and dissertation bank ofCapes and the Brazilian Digital Library of theses and dissertations, with the result of twenty researches on the subject, which were analyzed inthis article. This research scenario shows that the use of digital technologies can be a way to overcome some difficulties in learning Calculus.And a challenge for research on this issue / problem is to consider the possibility of mobile learning, or M-learning, ubiquitous learning, oru-learning, after all Higher Education students are increasingly with digital technology at their fingertips, Accessible at any time, in variousspaces.Keywords: Differential and Integral Calculus I. Digital Information and Communication Technology. Face-to-Face Space. Virtual Space.

Analisis Keefektivitasan Pemanfaatan E-Learning Sebagai Media Pembelajaran Pendidikan Agama Islam Pada Masa Pandemi Corona (Covid-19)

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 875-894
Author(s):  
Yeni Yuliana
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Religious Education ◽  
Computer Technology ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Quality Standards ◽  
Internet Technology ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
E Learning

Abstract The internet can be made as a way to transfer knowledge from lecturers to students, while Learning that utilizes the internet is one of the E-Learning Learning media. E-learning is distance learning that utilizes computer technology or computer networks or the Internet E-learning, so that it can enable the learning process through computers in their respective places without having to physically go to attend classes or lectures in class, Systems e-learning learning is a new way of teaching and learning. E-learning as a special learning media PAI courses provide a very important role and a large function in the course because so far there are many shortcomings and weaknesses such as the limitations of space and time in the teaching and learning process through E-learning which prioritizes the efficiency of learning so students get full teaching even though they do not have to be face to face, can also be accessed anywhere, anytime, according to the assignments given by the lecturer usually scheduled with a specified deadline. The development of education towards e-learning is a must so that the quality standards of education can be improved, E-learning is one of the uses of internet technology in the delivery of learning and its broad reach. E-learning can also be an answer to a health problem that is Pandemic Corona (Covid-19) which is very influential also in every aspect of life, especially in education.Keywords: Effectiveness, Utilization, Islamic Religious Education, E-Learning, Covid 19. Abstrak Internet dapat dijadikan cara untuk mentransfer ilmu pengetahuan dari Dosen kepada mahasiswa/mahasiswi. Adapun Pembelajaran yang memanfaatkan internet salah satunya adalah media pembelajaran E-Learning. E-learning adalah pembelajaran jarak jauh (distance learning) yang memanfaatkan  teknologi komputer atau jaringan komputer atau internet E-learning, sehingga dapat  memungkinkan proses pembelajaran melalui komputer di tempat mereka  masing– masing tanpa harus secara fisik  pergi  mengikuti pelajaran atau pun  perkuliahan di kelas,  Sistem pembelajaran e-learning adalah cara baru dalam proses belajar mengajar. E-learning  sebagai   media pembelajaran khususnya mata kuliah PAI memberikan  peran   sangat   penting  dan fungsi yang besar pada mata kuliah tersebut karena selama  ini terdapat banyak  kekurangan  dan kelemahan seperti keterbatasan ruang dan waktu dalam  proses belajar  mengajar melalui E-learning yang  mengedepankan keefisienan dalam belajar sehingga  mahasiswa mendapat pengajaran yang penuh meski tidak harus bertatap muka, juga bisa di akses di mana saja, kapan saja,  sesuai dengan tugas yang diberikan oleh dosen biasanya terjadwal dengan  batas  waktu  yang  di tentukan. Pengembangan  pendidikan menuju e-learning merupakan suatu keharusan agar standar mutu pendidikan dapat ditingkatkan,  E-learning merupakan salah satu penggunaan teknologi internet dalam penyampaian  pembelajaran  serta  jangkauannya yang luas. E-learning  juga dapat menjadi jawaban dari suatu permasalahan kesehatan yaitu Pandemi Corona (Covid-19) ini yang sangat berpengaruh juga pada setiap aspek kehidupan terutama bidang pendidikan.Kata kunci  :  Keefektifitas, Pemanfaatan, Pendidikan Agama Islam,  E-Learning, Covid 19.  

MANAGING INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES APPLICATIONS IN THE LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN K’RONG PAC DISTRICT, DAK LAK PROVINCE IN THE CONTEXT OF TECHNOLOGY REVOLUTION 4.0

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pham Van Truong
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Software Management ◽  
Active Teaching ◽  
Application Management ◽  
Local Practices ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Lower Secondary Schools

The author analyze deeply management status of information and communication technologies (ICTs) application in teaching at the lower secondary schools in Krong Pac District, Dak Lak province today on the back: management status of building and using multimedia classrooms; management status of using teaching software; management status of desining and using active teaching and learning (ATL) lesson plans with using ICTs; management status of using ICTs in the examination and evaluation learning outcomes of pupils from that author proposed 6 application management solutions for ICTs in the lower secondary schools in Krong Pac district, Dak Lak province in the context of technological revolution 4.0 fit the circumstances of local practices.

Challenges Posed by Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for South African Higher Education Institutions

10.28945/2679 ◽  
2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
ME Herselman ◽  
HR Hay
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Revolutionary Change ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Teaching Learning

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are the major driving forces of globalised and knowledge-based societies of a new world era. They will have a profound impact on teaching and learning for two decades to come. The revolutionary change which is taking place in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), has dramatic effects on the way universities carry out their functions of teaching, learning and research, particularly on the creation, dissemination and application of knowledge. These developments pose unprecedented challenges to higher education institutions (HEIs) in developing countries particular in South Africa as South Africa is viewed as the leading country on the continent.

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