This book serves as a textbook in graduate and upper-level undergraduate classes in colleges and universities to contribute to the existing mass communication and ICT literature. It provides an essential platform for literature in mass communication, political communication, and ICT with relevance to its integration to Africa educational curricula.

FOREWORD PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION OVERVIEW OF INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY’S (ICT) IMPACT IN THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN AFRICA Cosmas Uchenna Nwokeafor, Bowie State University CHAPTER 1 THE IMPERATIVE OF DEALING WITH SOME FUNDAMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURAL CHALLENGES AS A PREREQUISITE TO THE INTEGRATION OF ICT TO EDUCATIONAL CURRICULA IN AFRICA Matt Mogekwu, Department of Journalism, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY 1 CHAPTER 2 USAGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AS PEDAGOGICAL TOOLS AMONG LECTURERS IN NIGERIAN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS Ifeoma T. Amobi, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria CHAPTER 3 INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) INTEGRATION IN AFRICAN EDUCATION: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR STUDENTS, EDUCATORS AND THE GOVERNMENT Fidelis Kpaduwa, Systems Engineer, Loudoun County, Virginia CHAPTER 4 E-LEARNING AS A VEHICLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL GIRLS IN GHANA, WEST AFRICA Kristie Roberts-Lewis, Troy University, Troy, Alabama Michael E. Orok, Tennessee State University, Nashville, Tennessee CHAPTER 5 IMPROVING STUDENT LEARNING THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA: BEST PRACTICES IN TEACHING, LEARNING AND TRAINING AFRICAN STUDENTS IN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES Cosmas U. Nwokeafor, Bowie State University CHAPTER 6 CHALLENGES FACING THE AVAILABILITY AND UTILIZATION OF ICT RESOURCES IN POST PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN NSUKKA EDUCATIONAL ZONE OF ENUGU STATE, NIGERIA Chijioke Jonathan Olelewe, Federal College Of Education, Enugu State, Nigeria Augustina C. Nzeadibe, University of Nigeria, Nsukka CHAPTER 7 THE PROMISE, PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES OF INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) UTILIZATION IN AFRICAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS: CONTINENTAL, NATIONAL AND INSTITUTIONAL REALITIES Justin U. Harris, University of the District of Columbia Chapter 8 CLOUD COMPUTING IN EDUCATION—A STUDY OF TRENDS, CHALLENGES AND AN ARCHETYPE FOR EFFECTIVE ADOPTION IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES Fagbola Temitayo Matthew, Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State Chapter 9 THE ROLE OF ICT IN CHANGING ACADEMIC CURRICULA: A REVIEW OF THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AND INTEGRATION APPROACH IN SCHOOLS IN AFRICA Cosmas U. Nwokeafor, Bowie State University Chapter 10 MODELING DATA PRIVACY IN AFRICA Kato Mivule, Bowie State University Chapter 11 ICT INTEGRATION AND APPLICATION IN KENYA’S EDUCATION SYSTEM: AN ASSESSMENT OF POLICIES, STRATEGIES AND CHALLENGES Alex Sekwat, Tennessee State University Chapter 12 ICT AS A FACILITATOR OF A NEW BREED OF EDUCATIONAL MODALITIES: A REVIEW OF CURRICULA REFORMS, IMPROVING IN-SERVICE TEACHER TRAINING, AND REINFORCING NON-FORMAL AND DISTANCE EDUCATION APPROACHES IN GHANA Matilda Yeboah-Fofie, Bowie State University Chapter 13 CLOUD COMPUTING AS AN ENABLER FOR GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS Felix Njeh, Bowie State University Chapter 14 ASPECTS OF LANGUAGE CHANGE: A STUDY OF THE IMPACT OF NEW INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY ON THE SOCIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE IN CENTRAL AFRICA Isaiah Ayafor, Bowie State University Chapter 15 NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING: CHALLENGES FOR HIGHER LEARNING INSTITUTIONS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Elizabeth O. Yoloye, Lead City University, Ibadan, Nigeria INDEX CONTRIBUTORS EDITOR

Volumes of this nature are timely because within the past decade ICTs have become an essential part of the fabric of society. . . .Nwokeafor’s book is very welcome, as an ICT driven social and economic development in Africa is urgently needed. . . .Cosmos Uchenna Nwokeafor’s book adds to the few studies on the integration of ICT into African educational curricula by scholars outside South Africa and it is to be commended.