The use of Trends in ICT to enhance Undergraduate Teaching: A South African case study

Information and communication technology has a leading role in the way that information is distributed globally. There is an enormous potential in the use of ICT to provide information, accessibility to resources, enhance learning and research sources. Unfortunately, the research literature has for the most part neglected to supply empirical evidence of the value ICT holds for educational institutions, especially as it relates to developing countries. The majority of studies, in common with other emergent business philosophies are for the most part focused on large educational institutions of developed economies, where readily available implementation resources are an underlying assumption. From a large urban South African University engaged in numerous collaboration programs with industry, the authors have gained insight into the use of ICT to support undergraduate teaching. Findings highlight the fact that web 2.0 technologies such as Facebook, pbWiki and Alice, when used as educational tools, have a positive effect on learning and can be used successfully in a developing country context