Main Barriers and Possible Enablers of Icts Integration Into Pre-Service Teacher Education Programs (Information and Communication Technology) (Report‪)‬

Introduction Increasing the quality of teaching and learning has been a seemingly important concern for education. Since the beginning of this century, education has faced a variety of social, cultural, economical, and technical challenges. As the study and practice of facilitating learning and improving performance (Januszewski & Molenda, 2008), the field of educational technology attempts to overcome challenges by developing new approaches and frameworks. In this context, information and communication technologies (ICTs) represent a new approach for enhancing the dissemination of information and helping to meet these challenges. ICTs comprise the use of at least a computer and the Internet as well as computer hardware and software, networks, and a host of devices that convert information (text, images, sounds, and motion) into general digital formats (Lever-Duffy, McDonald, & Mizell, 2003; USDE, 2000; ISTE, 1999).