An investigation of ICT use and its impact on the learning process among students: a case study of the university of zambia department of library and information science.

Abstract

The study investigated the use of ICT and its impact on the learning and teaching process among students at the university of Zambia department of library and information science. The study findings indicate that most respondents used computers and had competent skills and knowledge in various ICT tasks and skills. The other key finding were teaching using ICTs made learning efficient and there are adequate ICT tools to improve learning at the university of Zambia. More so, some challenges faced by lecturers were slow internet, lack of computer maintenance, lack of equipment and lack of training, while students experienced slow internet connectivity, lack of use of ICTs by lecturers at their disposal and computer crashing. Generally, there is need to improve the use of Moodle, Dspace, OPAC among student, have adequate up to date computers that are regularly maintained and provide professional development programs to equip lecturers in their specialized field.