Abstract:

Innovation in education through the use of ICT plays a very important role on human evolution. The use of ICT innovation in education breaks up existing barriers and expands knowledge frontiers, opening the possibility of developing a more skilled labour force once students end their studies. For this to take place, the existence of ICT champions, defined as those who actively promote and foster the use of technology in institutions, and competent teacher training programs are essential so that information is transmitted efficiently to students.

The objective of this research is to analyse existing publications related to ICT innovation in education to understand better the impact and benefits on society of the implementation of ICT in education, as well as getting to know the keys to implementing it successfully. The methodology applied is bibliometric analysis, this is a systematic literature review which consists of analysing a large number of papers and extracting relevant conclusions related to the topic. The Web of Science database was used to select the papers to be reviewed. The keywords: Education, Innovation and ICT were combined using the Boolean operator “AND” to conduct the search. Papers which we considered that best fitted the topic were selected from the Web of Science search result conducted previously.

The results of the study show that the authors of the selected papers, agree on the benefits of ICT in education. According to them, the innovative teaching methods implemented by teachers after receiving training allow students to develop ICT-related skills as well as critical thinking skills, as they are forced to think outside the box in some of the activities. Graduates will therefore be able to face a quickly changing working environment in which technology and social interactions are gaining importance. As a consequence, countries will be benefited as a more competent labour force will help them develop further and remain competitive. However, the success of the implementation of ICT in education could be hindered due to certain factors such as, culture, politics or difficulty to access new technologies.

Keywords:

ICT champion, training, education.