Information Communications Technology
(ICT) in Education
Information and Communications Technology prepares pupils to participate
in a rapidly changing world in which work and other activities are
increasingly transformed by access to varied and developing technologies.
Pupils use ICT tools to find, explore, analyse, exchange and present
information responsibly, creatively and with discrimination. They
learn how to employ ICT to enable rapid access to ideas and experiences
from a wide range of people, communities and cultures. Increased
capability in the use of ICT promotes independent learning, with
pupils being able to make informed judgement about how to use ICT
to best effect, and to consider its implications for home and work
both now and in the future.
TIME's commitment to IEP through Information
Communications Technology
TIME supports Malaysia's Vision 2020 that calls for sustained productivity-driven
growth which can be achieved only with a technologically literate,
critically thinking workforce prepared to participate fully in the
global economy. At TIME, we see ICT as a means, not an end to itself.
ICT not only catalyzes learning and better educational outcomes,
but is an enabler of information gathering, management, manipulation,
access and communication in various forms. The role and function
of ICT in the classroom is seen as a teaching and learning tool,
as well as part of a subject by itself.
Why IEP
- To provide exposure on ICT to those who reside in rural or sub-urban
areas.
- To create awareness among the target group on the importance
of ICT for them to move forward.
- To educate the students on how the Internet and its applications
can help them in their education via e-learning.
Challenges
- Infrastructure : basic electricity
- Connectivity
- Technical Support
- Stability of the system
- Teachers' skill and aptitude
TIME's role in Internet Education Programme
(IEP)
In recognizing the importance of information and communication
technology (ICT) in the future, TIME dotCom (TIME) via its subsidiary,
TIME dotNet Berhad, organised the Internet Education Programme in
52 schools around the Klang Valley in 2001.
This maiden programme was highly successful, as evident from the
number of entries received in the activities and contests organised.
Among the activities organised were the TIMENet IEP School Recruitment
Reward and the TIMENet IEP Student Contest.
Cognizant of the fact that there is a real divide, in terms of
availability of facilities and ICT expertise between students in
the urban and rural areas, TIME took the effort to focus on students
from these areas in its subsequent programmes. In April 2003, the
IEP Programme was launched in 50 secondary schools outside the Klang
Valley, in the suburban and rural areas. A total of 20,000 secondary
school students benefited from the programme, some of whom today
are active Internet users.
To date, TIME has trained a total of 74,000 secondary school students
under the IEP.
Future plans
In future, TIME will be looking to conduct similar programmes in
other states of Malaysia, as well as new initiatives to train Malaysians
on the usage of ICT. The Group is encouraged by the very enthusiastic
response from IEP. By providing opportunities for the younger generation
to explore and learn ICT skills, we are helping to ease their passage
into the Digital Age.
If you are interested to find out more about TIME's Internet Education
Programme (IEP) kindly go to http://www.time.net.my/iep
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