Social networking tools and applications in higher education

Abstract

When applied ICT to education, we hold implicit within this definition that learning can occur asynchronously and at distance - the traditional classroom environment is not a prerequisite for delivery and receipt of learning. Firther, we hold that even though the traditional classroom may still be the focal point of teching and learning for much of the time, the practices and actions within that environment must change and that ICT is both the driver and the enabler for this change.