ICT in Teaching

  what is Open Educational Resources ? Open Educational Resources (OER) are learning, teaching and research materials in any format and medium that reside in the public domain or are under copyright that have been released under an open license, that permit no-cost access, re-use, re-purpose, adaptation and redistribution by others. Scope of OER Open educational resources (OER) are part of a "range of processes employed by researchers and educators to broaden access to scholarly and creative conversations. Although working definitions of the term OER may vary somewhat based on the context of their use,the 2019 definition provided by UNESCO provides shared language useful for shaping an understanding of the characteristics of OER. The 2019 unesco definition describes OER as "teaching, learning and research materials that make use of appropriate tools, such as open licensing, to permit their free reuse, continuous improvement and repurposing by others for educational purposes.&

What is ICT?  ICT, or information and communications technology (or technologies), is the infrastructure and components that enable modern computing. Although there is no single, universal definition of ICT, the term is generally accepted to mean all devices, networking component, applications and system that combined allow people and organizations (i.e., businesses, nonprofit agencies, governments and criminal enterprises) to interact in the digital world. 1. Introduction Information and Communications Technology (ICT) represents “new multimedia technologies, including computer software, CD-ROM, the internet, television, film as well as internet-based project work, e-mail, chat, blogs, wikis, podcasts, and so forth” . In the field of EFL/ESL learning and teaching, ICT is the integration of various technologies of information and communication to benefit from their capacity for the creation, enhancement and optimization of better learning environments. One significant potential of