THE RELEVANCE OF ICT COMMUNICATION IN COUNSELING PRACTICES IN NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA (NOUN).

Abstract: The power of emerging Information and Communication Technology lends a new dimension in National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) delivery as it creates the dialectic communication required for effective teaching and learning process. Information technology in counseling would simply mean the application of computers and technologies in counseling process. The counselors as helpers and human resources builders usually try to improve on their services through these applications of modern technology within the framework of their professional ethical standards to assist, their clients to develop skills, knowledge and competences for coping more effectively with their various types problems