Framework for ICT integration in teaching and learning in public technical training institutes in Kenya
Abstract
This study set out to develop a framework for Information and Communication
Technology (lCT) integration in teaching and learning in public Technical Training
Institute in Kenya. The sample for the study was drawn strategically from public
Technical Training Institutes in Kenya. Technical training institutes are under the
Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology and were established to provide
hands-on skills and award craft and diploma certificates.
This study is quantitative using a cross-sectional survey design. There was an interest in
the different interpretations of use of ICT for teaching and learning across a number of
technical training institutes and different processes which had been adopted to achieve
this. The main data collection method that was deployed is likert type scaling
questionnaires.
The study found that most public Technical Training Institutes are yet to embrace ICT in
teaching and learning although they have fairly adequate number of ICT tools. It was also
found out that the institutions have few or no ICT support, policies and practices that may
enhance ICT integration.
The study concludes that public Technical Training Institutes are at the emerging stage of
the UNESCO (2005) model as far as ICT integration in teaching and learning is
concerned. In addition, it notes that, as much as there are a number of factors that
influence ICT integration in teaching and learning, Competence in ICT applications and
tools has a higher influence on pedagogy Integration of ICT. The study therefore
recommends a comprehensive and continuous plan for training lecturers and students in
the use of advanced ICT applications and tools and motivation of lecturers and students
in the use of ICT in teaching and learning.
Citation
Master of Science in Information SystemsSponsorhip
University of NairobiPublisher
University of Nairobi School of Computing and Informatics