13/01/2024
Impact Of Information and Communication Technology on Students’ Academic Performance
Najeem Olawale Adelakun
March 11, 2023
academic performance
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Communication
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Electronic Learning System
Impact of Information and Communication Technology on Students’ Academic Performance
Najeem Olawale Adelakun
Information and Communication Technology is one of the foremost technologies among the emerging technologies that play an important role in every sphere of human endeavour. It has witnessed a massive transformation over the years which makes teaching and learning easier and more enjoyable, and has changed the ways people live, learn, work, and play. Consequently, the internet has been a vital tool to the present information society, and a world without the internet is unimaginable (Adelakun et al., 2020). This study aims to investigate the impact of information and communication technology on students’ learning engagement and academic performance. According to UNESCO, Information and communication technology (ICT) is defined as a technological and engineering discipline that uses scientific and management techniques in information handling (Ratheeswari, 2018). Hence, it uses different technologies to capture, communicate, collect, analyse, store and distribute the information needed to perform a specific task faster (Bobillier Chaumon et al., 2014; Pedagoo, 2020). It is imperative to note that the outbreak of the Covid-19 Pandemic forced several higher institutions of learning in developing countries to adopt digital technology for the learning process (Adelakun & Omolola, 2020).
Adelakun et al., (2022) studied the benefits, challenges and prospects of Electronic Learning System using two research processes administered to students and lecturers, and the findings of their study show that information technology will improve performance and lead to greater