PERCEPTION OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS ON THE USE OF INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY FOR LEARNING IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background to the Study

Information and Communication Technology is the term that is currently used worldwide to describe new technologies which depend mainly on computer, Internet, WIFI, smart phone, Tablet Pc among others. Asabere and Enguah (2012) asserted that Information and Communication Technology can be broadly defined as the resources and equipment that provide the required environment with the physical infrastructure and the services for the generation, transmission, processing, storing and dissemination of information in all forms including voice, text, data, and graphics. Information and Communication Technology is noted to be an electronic or computerized device, assisted by human and interactive materials that can be used to enhance teaching and learning as well as for personal use (Apagu & Wakili, 2015). Similarly, Ogunlade (2015), equally asserted that Information and Communication Technologies are the resources, tools, and gadgets available for students use in