A study on the role, importance and effectiveness of ICT integration in teaching-learning process of self-financing MBA colleges in Calicut

Globalization and innovations in technology have led to an increased use of ICTs in all sectors and education is no exception. ICT is a generic term referring to technologies which are being used for collecting, storing, editing and passing on information in various forms. There is growing evidence that ICT application to the core field of education can accelerate and improve learning on a number of fronts from basic skills, problem solving, information management, work habits, motivation, establishing life-long learning habits and concepts development. There is a powerful role of ICT in the process of teaching learning and educational innovation. ICT can offer contribution that enhances quality in teaching, learning and evaluation through improvements in cognition, convergence, culture, and pedagogies. ICT can bring about classrooms without walls when teachers are ready to realize the potential of this effective tool. Use of ICT can improve the quality of the educational experience by providing rich, exciting and motivating environments for learning. The new developments in ICT can create dramatic influence upon the structure, functions, and processes of educational institutions. ICT can create unimaginable changes in methods of teaching, sources of knowledge, curriculum framing, learning styles, managements of learning environments, and interfacing all these elements with the larger economic and cultural systems that are functioning around education. This paper deals with the role, importance and effectiveness of use of ICT in self- financing MBA colleges of Calicut district. A total of 70 students from 4 self –financing MBA colleges in Calicut have been selected based on convenience sampling technique to complete the survey questionnaire of this quantitative study. The findings of the study illuminate that most of the students agree to the benefits of integrating ICT into their teaching learning pedagogies.