Employability Skills: ICT in Education - Imperial College Report

This report explores the critical role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in enhancing employability skills, particularly within the context of education. Focusing on the perspective of Imperial College London, the report highlights how ICT tools facilitate access to information, promote creativity and self-expression, and improve communication and collaboration among students and teachers. It further examines the impact of ICT on student achievement, learning outcomes, and classroom management. The report emphasizes the importance of e-learning and the integration of technology in education to improve engagement, knowledge retention, and cooperation. Recommendations for utilizing ICT effectively, including addressing operational environment risks, are also provided, underscoring the need for a strategic approach to leveraging technology in educational settings.

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Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
Role of information as well as communication technology...................................................3
Roles of information and communication technology in relation to education.....................4
Importance of the information and communication technology for student and teacher.......6
Recommendation for using the information and communication technology.......................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9
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INTRODUCTION
Employability skill are identified as the transferrable skill which is useful for each job
and this involve the development factors which aids individual for formulate the expertise,
knowledge base and this helps a person to become more attractive from the perspective of
employers. Employability skills consists soft skill, work-readiness skills and foundational skills.
The primary role of employability skills is to improve the company performance, minimise the
error and then to promote collaboration with the co-workers for completion of all work in an
effective manner (López‐Miguens, Caballero and Álvarez‐González, 2021). This report is
written from perspective of the Imperial College London and this is identified as one of the well-
known public research university which promote organisation to perform work in a proper
manner. Moreover, this report highlights on the role of information and communication
technology related with education and the example as well as importance of ICT for students. In
the last, reflective report to learn and develop the range of employability skills will also focus in
this report.
TASK 1
Role of information as well as communication technology
ICT stands for information along with communication technology and this provide the broader
meaning to the information technology. The main role of communication technology is to
provide the tools related with access, store, retrieve and modify the information in a digital
manner. Information and technology is also used to refer the media technology which engage the
audio-visual and also, telephone networks which is used for implement the unified system of
cabling. It includes both the signal distribution and computer network. This is not universally
adopted as each country formulates the concept and methods to use information technology
according to their requirements. Moreover, the present information define that all initiatives are
related with current information and this also refers that facilitator perform an important role and
they are related according to the decided skills and practices. The teacher training consists of
formulate different practices which transform all individuals and their uses according to the
decided education course (Wheelahan and Moodie,2021). All the current practices and reasons
for influence the ICT aids management to minimise the impact related with student achievement.
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Moreover, to complete research in an effective manner management considered towards use of
all practices and this enable person for complete all work in a proper manner.
Roles of information and communication technology in relation to education
The current market scenario, considered that information as well as communication
technology is fastly become one of the effective key related with infrastructure of the schools
and classrooms. Imperial college authorities identify that from pre-school to the top educational
institutions all of them are working with engage of computer, laptop, smartphone and tablets. In
simple terms ICT support organisation for undertake and establish powerful mediums that helps
to transfer and communication information in an easy and quick manner (Mandale, Patil and
Adamuthe, 2021). Some of the major roles related with information and technology which is
used for education are mention as follow:
 Access of information- Technology performs a central role for both the teachers and
students who search for the current information. The current reference material is mostly
based on the online basis. There are various amount of all information related with
business and according to this multi-media as well as interactive links both are used by
the management. The main role of the information and communication technology is to
develop E-book collection because this helps to formulate thousands of Text, collect the
amount of online materials and journals. The teacher is to look and engage students
which help for provide the information in an easy manner. Also, the broad access provide
information related with educational resources and this helps to encourage the students
for follow all pathways related with formulate of information to manage task according to
own interest of individuals.
 Creativity as well as self-expression- The information along with communication
technology perform an important role that demonstrate how students could express
themselves as well as reflect their learning (García-Pérez, García-Garnica and Olmedo-
Moreno, 2021). A lot of information is aid by management and this helps to record all
information in a digital manner. Along with this student generate positive factors as this
helps for create the original work which helps individuals to manage the work in a more
informative manner. Like, the current information derive by students is compare with the
last information which exists in previous research factors. Moreover, the audio, photo,
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video, etc. are the resources that relate with information and communication technology.
This also helps students to demonstrate the data on the social media site.
 Communication and collaboration- Teachers and students who are engage in the
education system exchange and interpret large information which is related with actions
and methods of accomplishing opportunities. With learning the management system this
is understand that online space helps individuals for participate and discuss about all
information. There are different learning management systems like Blackboard along
with Moodle with various chat forms and video conferences exists (MK and Vethirajan,
2021). Collaborative function in the education allows students and teachers for review
and revise the comments in real-time. Moreover, this is also understand by management
that the traditional brick and mortar setting provide information to the parents of children
but this is a time-consuming process.
 Student achievement and learning outcome- ITC also helps the administrators to gain
assess related with the achievement of student learning outcome. Authorities of the top
educational institute such as Imperial College gather information of the engaged students.
Various assessment tools including standardised test, student portfolio, survey to collect
data, etc. aid management to perform all work in a collaborative manner. Moreover, with
enter all essential data by the organisation graphs and chart are generated. This helps
administrators for identify company patterns and it helps management to make right and
accurate decisions related with business.
 Classroom management and interaction- Information technology provide knowledge
related with transfer of better communication perspective and this helps management to
complete the work in a proper manner. The virtual space centralize all factors and it help
for completion of task to submit about the online grades that is viewed for implement the
single virtual space (Blanchette and Bencherqui, 2021). ITC also facilitate
communication and this help to provide the opportunities related with business.
Imperial collage considered towards formulates of long term factors and this helps ITC for
complete all work in an organised manner. The current market scenario, considered all
information and communication technology factors and this helps to implement right number of
courses. Like, in pandemic conditions a lot of challenges are faced by the management and this
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helps to complete work in a proper manner. The current factors define and engage centralise
most effective collaboration factors to complete task according to social media sites.
Importance of the information and communication technology for student and teacher
Earlier ITC was identified as a simple concept and this is used for materialised the task
with develop of appropriate and systematic system. According to the 21st century this is
identified ICT is useful because information exists towards complete of all work in a proper
manner. On the other side, information come within different forms and it include sound, text,
video, image, etc. so with understand and use of technology all the available information is used
to utilise all aspects of information. This also combines the technology and use of mobile phone
as this helps to complete all task in a more appropriate manner specifically, to use current
information according to the decided goals and objectives (Hendry and Swingler, 2021).
E-learning: The availability of ICT in schooling takes into consideration better methods for
learning for understudies along with educators. The major benefit or importance is that
individuals are able to complete work with decided online-factors. E-learning or internet learning
is getting progressively famous along with with different remarkable occasions occurring in the
individual lives, this doesn't just open freedoms for schools to guarantee which understudies
methods educational plan materials while in the study hall yet in summation permits them to
guarantee understudies outer the homeroom, for instances, at home or even in clinics can learn.
ICT brings incorporation: The benefit of ICT in instruction are to formulate such an extent that
understudies in the study hall would all be capable to gain from the educational plan resource.
This is important to incorporate about the current information which helps to incorporate long
term factors to improve knowledge of individual. Understudies with uncommon requirements are
no longer in a difficult spot as they approach fundamental material and unique ICT instruments
which is used to be utilized by analyses to utilize ICT for their instructive essentials. Regardless
of this, it opens up new issues identified with the 'computerized partition' and giving admittance
to ICT instruments as well as assets for the individuals who are less lucky.
Nature of Education- The web and PCs upgrade the nature of training. The customary strategy
for learning and instructing has now further developed which is because of commitments from
the ICT area that have upgraded understudy exercises, further developed educational systems,
and educating techniques (Ricci, Crivellaro and Bolzani, 2021). More understudies get keen on
realizing when there are new advancements included and numerous schools are focussing on
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web based instructing now. Numerous strategies for learning are currently subject to online
communication with instructors and classes for instruct all individuals in a proper manner.
Moreover, educational institutions help to perform work with decided education action and it
help to complete all work with consists right education perspectives.
ICT in training further develops commitment as well as information maintenance: When
ICT is incorporated into exercises; understudies became more occupied with their practice. This
is on the grounds that innovation gives various freedoms to make it more fun and agreeable as
far as showing exactly the same things in an unexpected way. The ICT is important because this
helps for complete of all tasks with decided approach. As a result of this expanded commitment,
it is said that they will actually want to hold data all the more adequately and productively.
ICT use energizes cooperation: One of the most simply need to put a PC or other digital device
in the study hall to see how this functions and this is important to perform work in an organised
manner (Kamis, 2021). ICT normally unites kids where they could talk as well as examine how
they are tackling their job and this thus, opens up roads for correspondence hence prompting
language advancement. ICT helps to manage better cooperation among all individuals to perform
work in proper manner.
Recommendation for using the information and communication technology
ICT is identified as an umbrella term and it include communication device and their use
for formulate of different application related with hardware and software. On the other side, with
encompassing radio, television, computer and cellular phones all work is completed with the use
of different application and services associated with the digital learning. There are various
individuals engaged in company functions and this is used to deal with the systems and
applications which help to perform work in a traditional manner. The ITC system typically
consists towards use of all digital systems with induce of foundational factors. Vision and
mission related with risk factors help to develop accurate system that are mention as below:
OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT is the first recommendation and this is used to identify and
mitigate the composite risk factors. All systems which is utilised by the person especially, with
teacher and students consider to formulate the risk factors as they are used for manage work with
the development of effective operational and ICT perspectives. Moreover, to address the all
requirements central and integral part both are used for implement the environment factors
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related with business. To address all requirements this is important to transfer all information in a
proper manner.
INTERDEPENDENCIES- One of the most important factor of information and communication
technology is to generate the computer and network hardware and this is because it engages all
communication factors through which different services related with education are transferred to
the individuals in an appropriate manner (Lapointe, 2021). Video-conferencing, Distance
Learning, validation of ITC system etc. is used to deal with the core systems related with
business. This also recommend to the persons for generate of separation factors and this aid
management to complete all work with implement of systems that make all practices with
decided factors.
CONCLUSION
With understand of the above report this is concluded that employability skills perform
an important role and this helps the persons for adopt current factors to manage the overall work
in a proper manner. Along with this information and technology is used for manage the changes
in a more efficient manner and it helps to analyse all skills which are mandatory and also relate
with current education factors. This also helps for conclude about all roles and communication
perspective which helps for manage work according to the decided information roles to improve
overall education knowledge with demonstrate the benefits of ITC for students.
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