The Impact of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on Vocational and Technical Students’ Learning

Abstract

The wider rise and proliferation of the computer is interwoven with the broader transition from the modern era to post-modernity. In these ICT-enabled post-modern conditions, knowledge becomes a commodity in the global economy, and such commodity exchanges are mirrored in the relationship between teacher and learner. This is judged in relation to an efficiency view of the cost/benefit equation, with an emphasis on measurable outputs from the system. The incorporation of ICT into the vocational and technical education or education system in general has multifaceted implications for teaching and learning. This study therefore focuses the integration of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) on teaching of Vocational and Technical Education students and how this integration can support or aid their learning.

Keywords: Computer Aided Instruction (CAI), Computer Aided Learning (CAL), Education Management Information System (EMIS), Interactive Information System, Constructivist Model of Learning, Technical and Vocational Education (TVE).