TOPIC 4 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN IT AND ICT

Information and Communications Technology or (ICT), is often used as an extended synonym for information technology (IT), but is a more specific term that stresses the role of unified communications[1] and the integration of telecommunications (telephone lines and wireless signals), computers as well as necessary enterprise software, middleware, storage, and audio-visual systems, which enable users to access, store, transmit, and manipulate information.[2]

The phrase ICT had been used by academic researchers since the 1980s,[3] but it became popular after it was used in a report to the UK government by Dennis Stevenson in 1997[4] and in the revised National Curriculum for England, Wales and Northern Ireland in 2000.

 “IT” is “Information Technology” whereas “ICT” is “Information Communications Technology.”

 IT is an industry in itself which employs the use of computers, elaborate networks, computer software, and other digital or electronic devices for managing and communicating information.

 ICT is mainly used in the academic setup while IT is used in more complex and bigger organizations such as companies and large corporations.

 ICTs stand for information and communication technologies

and are defined, for the purposes of this primer, as a “diverse

set of technological tools and resources used to communicate,

and to create, disseminate, store, manage information.”

 These technologies include computers, the Internet,

broadcasting technologies (radio and television), and telephony

 USE OF IT IN AIU

 To organize meetings and schedules, spreadsheets and the sharing of information, computers and telecommunications are now a standard requirement

  Many businesses use IT to conduct fast research for a wide variety of reasons. Local councils need to have access to peoples work history and background for housing placements or social assistance.

 Each of the different ICTs—print, audio/video cassettes, radio and TV broadcasts, computers or the Internet—may be used for presentation and demonstration, the most basic of the five levels. 

Lecturers uses face book and self service as medium of communication to pass information to students.