User talk:Larrah Janice B. Fernandez

The Common Barriers of ICT in Education in any Institution

Smartphones, laptops, flash drives, WIFI, speaker, and computers are examples of gadgets. Commonly these gadgets are spreading in different parts of the world. These gadgets are involved in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and may be beneficial to education in the teaching-learning process of all the students. The challenging part of ICT in Education is the barriers and how will the ICT in education improves and eliminate those barriers? In a way that when it already eliminates, the ICT in Education can produce a better way of learning by using technological tools and advancement?

According to the study of Bengimlas (2009), there are two levels of barriers in the Integration Of ICT in Education. The Teacher level Barriers and School level Barriers have five barriers strands. These strands were:

1.	Lack of access - Schools and teachers have limited access to ICT materials like computers, laptops, and poor signals from internet providers.

2.	Resistance to change - School and teachers are not open to adopting the new way of teaching.

3.	Lack of time - Schools and teachers are not aware of the time frame in delivering lessons with ICT.

4.	Lack of training - Schools sometimes don't have enough funds to support teachers in training and seminars. Sometimes teachers are taken for granted the seminars and training because of their busy schedules.

5.	Lack of technical support. - Schools discontinue supporting the teachers in all aspects of ICT in education.

Here is the intervention of the following level of barriers and their strands.

For the School level Barriers:

1.	Lack of access - Schools will provide ICT resources like hardware and software.

2.	Resistance to change - Schools will have new training in new pedagogical approaches.

3.	Lack of time - Schools will provide sufficient time. It is either reducing the number of teacher's lessons or increasing the daily time.

4.	Lack of Training - Schools will provide training courses regarding utilizing the new devices, modern technologies, new devices, modern technologies, new pedagogical approaches in education.