• Isaac Tandoh
• EMMANUEL NSIAH

Impacting knowledge, learning and teaching are seeing a lot of evolutions in modern times. Today, the methods of acquiring knowledge are rapidly expanding, and modern societies need to look seriously at effects of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on teaching and learning. The purpose of the study was to assess the effects of information and communication technology on students’ learning. The study used the theory of cognitive elasticity (Spiro & Jehng, 1992), which was emphasized at four levels of assessment Kirkpatrick (Kirkpatrick, 1994). A quantitative method was used, and questionnaire was the main source of data collection. The summary of the findings of this study was prearranged based on the research objectives of this study. A sample of one hundred and fifty (150) respondents from Central University Kumasi campus formed the total number of respondents for this study, of which (60%) of the respondents were males and 40% are females. The study revealed that, students have a positive perception on the use of ICT to enhance academic learning with a mean score a mean 4.59 which indicated the rank strongly agree to the perception statement. The perception index was 4.14 which showed that respondents interviewed at Central University generally agree to the perception statements. The empirical results on factors that influence the use of ICT at Central University campus showed that variables “Inadequate infrastructure” and “Inadequate teaching personnel” were statistically significant at 10% and 1% respectively with a constant which was statistically significant at 1%. In addition, the results on challenges confronting the use of ICT in Central University indicated that, Kendall’s WA was 0.524 meaning there is 52.4% agreement among the rankers of the challenges facing the use of ICT. The challenged statement “Lack of ICT infrastructure” was ranked first by the respondents interviewed in the survey with a mean score of 4.83. “Inadequate teaching personal” was ranked least with a mean score of 2.64. The study recommends that, development policies and program interventions designed to improve the use of ICT by students must consider the variables used in this study that were statistically significant that is inadequate infrastructure and inadequate teaching personal. Secondly, the university should invest heavily to provide an adequate number of computers and also enhance internet connection in the university to ensure easy access to teaching-learning materials on the web.

KEYWORDS: ICT, Teaching, Learning, Students, Central University, Ghana.

"INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY(ICT) ON STUDENTS’ LEARNING IN GHANA. THE CASE OF CENTRAL UNIVERSITY, KUMASI CAMPUS.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 2, page no.793-805, February-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1902998.pdf

"INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY(ICT) ON STUDENTS’ LEARNING IN GHANA. THE CASE OF CENTRAL UNIVERSITY, KUMASI CAMPUS.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 2, page no. pp793-805, February-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1902998.pdf