ENHANCING QUALITY OF TEACHING LEARNING BY USING INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT)

During the past few years, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has changed our daily activities in many ways. The ICT has revolutionized teaching?learning process. One of the goals for integrating ICTs in education is to enhance teaching-learning practices there by improving quality of education. Considering that ICT plays an increasingly important role in society, especially if we take into account social, economic and cultural role of computers and Internet, it is clear that the time has come for the actual entry of ICT in the field of education. The combination of ICT and the internet certainly opens not only many opportunities for creativity and innovation, but also for approaching the teaching material to current generation of students. Technology saves time and gives students access to powerful new ways to explore concepts at a depth that has not been possible in the past. The growth of these communication and computer systems, their ease of use, the power and diversity of information transfer allow teachers and students to have access to a world beyond the classroom also interact with each other over a world geographic distance in a meaningful way to achieve the learning objectives. It has the potential to transform the nature and process of the learning environment and envision a new learning culture. Interactively, flexibility and convenience have become the order of the day in the ICT supported environment. ICT helps the learner to share learning resources and spaces, promote learner centered and collaborative learning principles and enhance critical thinking, creative thinking and problem solving skills. ICT based education is definitely the direction towards which the whole world is progressing