INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) FOR TEACHERS TO CREATE DIGITAL LEARNING CONTENT

Abstract

This era is the era of information, technology and internet i.e. this is the digital era. Modern innovative technologies have changed the structure and every aspect of our society. Innovative advanced technologies are making our life easier and more globalized. Among modern innovative advanced technologies, information and communication technology is one of the most important part, without it, we cannot imagine the dynamic existence of all aspects and dimensions of our life. Education is one of the most important aspects of human life and teaching-learning is one of the most integrated dimensions of education. The traditional way of teaching with textbooks, chalk-duster, and blackboard or only plan lectures can no longer satisfy the needs of the students in this present digital era of information and communication technology. So, for teachers, it is a big challenge to meet the needs of the learners of this present digital era. The purpose of this paper is to understand the ICT, digital learning content, and how the teachers can create digital learning content by using ICT to fulfill the needs of the students of the present digital era. Primary and secondary data is collected for this study through the bibliographic, internet search, and peer-reviewed research journals. ICT is meant a very much popular and useful instrument to create digital content for a teacher. Digital content is any content which is made in digital form, it may be texts,
images, charts, diagram, audios, videos, or audio-video combined content. A teacher can create these various types of digital content as per the needs of him and his students but through various studies, it is proven that audio-visual content is very much powerful for students to learn in digital mode. The digital learning content connects teachers and learners effectively and offers the opportunity to learn formally and informally through using offline mode or online mode, in online mode students can learn synchronously or asynchronously. Using ICT created digital learning contents often offers to the teachers to teach huge numbers of students easily in the worldwide level and to the students to learn independently in groups or individually, to meet individual needs and to allow the students voice and choices. ICT opens new gates for learning as it helps to the learners as well as teachers to access, extend, transform, share the information, knowledge, and ideas in various communication styles. So the practical application and use of ICT for a teacher to create digital learning content are very much important.