The Benefits of ICT (3)

Learning Objectives:
1. identify and explain the potential uses of ICT; and
2. Illustrate the benefits of ICT.
What is It
 BENEFITS OF ICT
A. Facilitating public and private sector activities areas such as in:
1. Public Administration - ICT brings transparency and efficiency in the
administrative work. Online working system will leave no scope for laziness and
dishonesty in work.
2. Urban and Rural Development - telecentres in rural areas can facilitate
economic liberation. Mobile telephony can also help rural entrepreneurs in
keeping in touch with their market outside their communities.
3. Transport - used to improve road, air and rail transportation. These operations
include payment for parking meters, identification of authorized parking space
occupants.
B. Improving the quality of life for citizens in:
1. Health - it supports efficient exchange of information between health
professionals, enable transfer of patient records between sites, telemedicine and
thus improve clinical effectiveness, continuity, and quality of care by health
professionals.
2. Special Needs (for the Physically Challenged) - can be extremely useful in
providing access to communication, education and open up opportunities for
them. Examples are Braille keyboards can help visually impaired or blind people,
Short Message Service (SMS) can be used to send and receive messaged by the
hearing impaired, the voice activated dialing service can be used by visually
impaired.
3. Education - it helps in facilitating learning and exchange of educational
materials. The online learning system is another web-based application that is
revolutionizing the learning platform of education.
4. Environment – it helps collecting data about environmental issues. They allow
access to information and provide support system to manage and monitor
environmental issues.
5. Agriculture - can be used to impart information directly to farmers and the
farming community. It can handle agricultural issues such as water utilization and
management, pest control, harvest management and so forth.
C. Facilitating Activities in the Business Sector such as:
1. Manufacturing - linking the process chains in manufacturing as opposed to
improving or facilitating single steps in the production lines. The mass production
of goods and services is gradually giving way to a network-based production and
manufacturing system.
2. Electronic Commerce - Electronic commerce (e-commerce) is the use of
internet or telecommunications to carry out business of any type. Common
examples of e-commerce are online shopping, online banking, online stock
trading etc.
3. Travel and Tourism - It is used to provide multimedia information about
destination to prospective travelers. With the aid of ICT applications, prospective
travelers can view a destination, book accommodation, book the flight and other
forms of transport and pay for all these without leaving their homes.
Advancement of ICT System(4)
Using Strategic and Intuitive Thinking
Learning Objectives:
1. identify the advancement of ICT system; and
2. illustrate the advancement of ICT system using strategic and intuitive thinking

IMPACT OF ICT
The impact of information technology can be visualized at local, national,
regional and global level both in positive and negative form. The followings are
the major affected areas due to information technology.
IMPACT OF ICT ON SOCIETY

Positive impact Negative impact

Access to information  huge increase in  reducing education and
access to understanding due to the
information and vast amount of
services, speed on misleading and incorrect
the internet saves information.
time and is
inexpensive
 availability of public
Employment  created new segment  reduced employment
of employment machines have replaced
emergence of a new several categories of job
class of IT literate employments.
people.
 IMPACT OF ICT ON BUSINESS
Positive Impact Negative Impact
Information  improved inventory  increased competition
management management, stock among companies
control, resulting in less  expense over the new
wastage, better cash branch of knowledge
flow, etc. management
 Suppliers and  Shopping online leaves
Economic customers available shoppers at risk of online
around the clock through credit and theft.
different parts of the  online retail models
world are advancing closure of
 Increased business high street shops
opportunities cost
reduction

IMPACT OF ICT ON ACADEMICS

Positive Impact Negative Impact
Students Easy access of learning  The cost involved
materials from all over cannot be met by poor
the world. students as well as some
 Easy access to various educational institutions.
educational cores and  Lack of face-to-face
professors. collaboration and
campus life.
Academicians  Learners get a wider  Learners, and sometimes
range of means and teachers, can get hooked on
the technology aspect, rather
experience some extra
than the topic content.
inspiration.  Large areas of the course
 Effective sharing of may not be helped.
information.  Trainers may need some
 Time saving. technical training
 IMPACT ON MEDICAL
Positive Impact Negative Impact
 Efficiency in bringing medical help  Can adopt more luxuries lifestyle and
medical facilities can be extended to can lead to physical problems
rural communities e.g. obesity, eye problem etc.

IMPACT ON ADMINISTRATION
• Better use of resources
• Improved governance through e-governance
• Efficiency in the operation of delivering government services