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Trends, Networks and Cricital

Thinking in the 21st Century
Quarter 2 – Module 3: Dimensions of
Information and
Communication Technology (ICT)
 What I Need to Know
This lesson will present the dimension of information and communication
technology (ICT) in the 21st century. It will discuss how the ICT evolves through
discussing its origin, history and development. It also presents its functions, the
scope, the benefits, and the advancement of ICT system using strategic and
intuitive thinking.
On the other hand, in this time of pandemic, before you use this module,
make sure that you sanitize your hands and always guided with proper health
protocol to avoid such spread of viruses.
Moreover, lessons also involve how to adapt and adjust in the existence of
technology advancement.
The module is divided into five lessons, namely:
Lesson 1 – History and Development of Information and
Communication Technology (ICT)
Lesson 2 – The Dimensions of ICT
Lesson 3 – The Benefits of ICT
Lesson 4 – Advancement of ICT System using Strategic and Intuitive
Thinking
Lesson 5 - Assessment
After going through this lesson, you will be able to know the following
learning areas:
1. identify the dimension of technology that are enabling and inhibiting;
2. discuss the benefit of technology;
3. explain the weakest link in a system using strategic and intuitive thinking.

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 What I Know

Multiple Choice: Choose your best answer from the given choices. Write your
answer on the separate paper.
1. One of the positive impacts of this discipline is to increased business
opportunities cost reduction. Which impact of ICT on business is this?
a. Information Management c. economic
b. Employment d. access to information
2. Which of the following impact of ICT on society has an availability of public
services?
a. Employment c. access to information
b. Economic d. management information
3. Which impact of ICT on business improved inventory management and stock
control?
a. Economic c. access to information
b. Information management d. employment
4. Which of the following facilitating public and private sector activities used to
improve road, air, and rail transportation?
a. Transport c. public administration
b. urban and rural development d. electronic commerce
5. The following are the improving the quality of life for citizens except:
a. Health c. environment
b. Electronic commerce d. agriculture
6. It is used to provide multimedia information about destination to prospective
travelers.
a. Agriculture c. travel and tourism
b. Electronic commerce d. manufacturing
7. Which of the following does not belong to the potential uses of ICT?
a. Facilitating public and private sector activities
b. Improving the quality of life for citizens
c. Facilitating activities in the business sector
d. Facilitating agriculturist for enhancing agricultural development
8. It is a scope of ICT focusing on the enhancement of agricultural and rural
development through improved information and communication processes.
a. ICT in agriculture c. ICT in society
b. ICT in healthcare d. ICT in education
9. Which scope of ICT wherein teaching-learning process can be made more
interactive and resulting in more efficient?
a. ICT in agriculture c. ICT in society
b. ICT in healthcare d. ICT in education
10. It a kind of converging technologies of ICT provides a capability for
processing data to be converted into information.
a. Computation Technology c. Data Display Technology
b. Communication Technology d. Data Retrieval Technology
Activity 1. Cartooning Analysis.
Take a look! Look at the details of the cartoon and answer the following questions
in your activity sheet attached in this module. Enjoy!

1. Describe the image that you can see.

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2. What do you think is the problem all about?

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3. How technology affects the life of today’s
generation?

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What is It

Technology - a manner of accomplishing a task especially using technical

processes, methods, or knowledge.
Information and Communication Technology (ICT)– the tools and the processes to
access, retrieve, store, organized, manipulate, produced, present and exchange
information by electronic and other automated means (Marquez, 2018).
Communication - a process by which information is exchanged between
individuals through a common system of symbols, signs, or behavior
Information - knowledge obtained from investigation, study, or instruction
Digital Divide – the natural consequence of advancements in ICT. It refers to the
discrepancy in people’s access and skill related to ICT.

FUNCTIONS OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

Data Capture – Data capturing, storage and transmission is important function of
ICT. With the aid of computer devices such as hardware and software, usually data
is captured by key board, bar codes, video camera, mouse etc.
 Data storage – is an issue of covering space, which depends on following factors
such as disk space availability and flexibility of ICT in terms of making the data
available for use.
Data transmission – data can be transmitted from one place to another place or
from one computer to another computer. For this purpose various devices like
modem, cables are used. For transmitting data, various types of networks like
Local Area Network (LAN), Wide Area Network (WAN), Metropolitan Area Network
(MAN), internet, intranet, extranet etc. are used.

Data Processing – is the method of conversion of data into meaningful information.

The processing is done in sequence of operations which translates inputs such as
geographical maps, images, satellite imageries, aerial photographs or in the form
tabular data collected from in-site survey, government records or personal
observations into output in the form of dimensional model or in other visual forms.
Data Manipulation – is the process of summarizing, re-arranging, improving or
scientific designs achieved either physically or by processor software. ICT helps in
operating the information and makes new information from present information.
Data Retrieval – is the process of discovering required information. ICT supports the
recovery of information’s either in the form of features or characteristic or both in a
computer-generated form. Data can be retrieved from one source to another source
with the help of computer software.
Data Display – Data display includes presenting of information in the form of text,
graphics, audio, and video. Display can be made through computer screen,
speakers and printers. (Prasad & Prasad, 2009)

TWO CONVERGING TECHNOLOGIES OF ICT

Computation technology - it provides a capability for processing data to be
converted into information.
Communication technology - it enables the required information to be coded and
transmitted through communication channel for intended users.

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.

What I Can Do

Activity 2. What if?!

Direction. Using the hypothetical questions, write down your reflection and your
real-life application about the scenario being given below. Use separate sheet for
your answer.
1. What if internet has not invented

2. What if there is no mobile phone

 3. What if there is no online learning system in this time of pandemic

Rubric for Essay Marks

Content: Convincing, Pertinent, Specific, Perceptive 5
Point of View: Clear, Consistent, Appropriate in Approach 3
Essay Organization: Logical, Coherent, Unified, Suitable to 5
purpose, Orderly development to an effect or conclusion
Language Use and Style: 5
Sentence Structure: Skillful use of a variety of sentence pattern
Style: Interesting, Original, Expression suited to content, Flow
Mechanics: Correctness in punctuations, spelling and grammar 2
Total 20

What is It
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
Access to huge increase in access
information to information and
services, speed on the
internet saves time and
is inexpensive
availability of public
services
Employment created new segment of
employment emergence
of a new class of IT
literate people.
Negative Impact
reducing education and
understanding due to
the vast amount of
misleading and
incorrect information.
reduced employment
machines have replaced
several categories of job
employments.

IMPACT OF ICT ON BUSINESS

Positive Impact
Information improved inventory
management management, stock
control, resulting in less
wastage, better cash
flow, etc.
Negative Impact
increased competition
among companies
expense over the new
branch of knowledge
management

Economic Suppliers and Shopping online leaves

customers available
around the clock
through different parts
of the world
Increased business
shoppers at risk of
online credit and theft.
online retail models are
advancing closure of
high street shops
IMPACT OF ICT ON ACADEMICS

Positive Impact Negative Impact

Students Easy access of learning
materials from all over
the world.
Easy access to various
educational cores and
professors.
Academicians Learners get a wider
range of means and
experience some extra
inspiration.
Effective sharing of
information.
Time saving.
The cost involved cannot be
met by poor students as well
as some educational
institutions.
Lack of face-to-face
collaboration and campus
life.
Learners, and sometimes
teachers, can get hooked on
the technology aspect, rather
than the topic content.
Large areas of the course may
not be helped.
Trainers may need some
technical training

IMPACT ON MEDICAL
Positive Impact
Efficiency in bringing medical
help medical facilities can be
extended to rural communities
Negative Impact
Can adopt more luxuries lifestyle
and can lead to physical problems
e.g. obesity, eye problem etc.

IMPACT ON ADMINISTRATION
Better use of resources
Improved governance through e-governance

What I Know
1. C
2. B
3. A
4. D
5. B
6. A
7. D
8. A
9. D
10. C
 What I Know What’s More What’s More What’s In
1. C Activity 4.3 Activity 3.3 Activity 3.1
2. B
3. A 1. O 1. C 1. RETRIEVAL
4. D 2. X 2. E 2. PROCESSING
5. B 3. O 3. A 3. STORAGE
6. A 4. O 4. B 4. DISPLAY
7. D 5. O 5. D 5. LAN
8. A 6. WAN
9. D
10. C
11. B
12. A
13. B
14. C
15. C

What I Can Do What I Have What’s More What’s In

Activity 2.5 Learned Activity 2.3 Activity 2.1
Activity 2.4
1. ICT in Education 1. RETRIEVAL 1. D
2. ICT in Business 1. E 2. STORAGE 2. E
Communication 2. A 3. DISPLAY 3. C
3. ICT in Society 3. C 4. CAPTURE 4. B
4. ICT in Agriculture 4. B 5. PROCESSING 5. A
5. ICT in Balance 5. D
Regional Growth

What I Know
1. C
2. B
3. A
4. D
5. B
6. A
7. D
8. A
9. D
10. C