ICTs and Distance Education in Nigeria

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Author(s): Nwachukwu Prince Ololube (NOVENA University Ogume, Nigeria)and Andrew Egba Ubogu (Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria)
Copyright: 2009
Pages: 5
Source title: Encyclopedia of Information Communication Technology
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Antonio Cartelli (University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Italy)and Marco Palma (University of Cassino, Italy)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-845-1.ch053

Keywords: Information Resources Management / Information Science Reference / Library & Information Science

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Advances in information and communication technologies (ICTs) have posed complex problem for colleges and universities in Nigeria especially in their distance education programs (Ololube, 2006). Improving the quality of education through the diversification of contents and methods and promoting experimentation, innovation, the diffusion and sharing of information and best practices as well as policy dialogue are UNESCO’s strategic objectives in education (UNESCO, 2002, 2005). As such, information and communication technologies (ICTs) literacy rate have become key tools that have a revolutionary impact on how we see the world and how we live in it. This phenomenon has given birth to the contemporary and advances in our ways of life. ICTs are having a revolutionary impact on educational methodology. However, this revolution is not widespread and needs to be strengthened to reach a large percentage of the population through distance education. In a complex society, many factors affect distance education. Hence an interdisciplinary and integrated approach is very necessary to ensure the successful development of Nigeria’s economy and society (Mac-Ikemenjima, 2005).

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