Curriculum Implementation and Instructional Technology in Nigerian Schools

Abstract

This study explore how instructional technology support curriculum implementation in the schools. The paper is a review paper that depend on secondary data. The secondary data were collected from print and online publications. The paper concluded that instructional technology aided curriculum implementation in the schools through provision of coordination and collaboration in learning, customization and adaptability in learning, fostering digital literacy in learners, aiding effective engagement and motivation of learners, aiding data-driven instruction in schools, support collaboration and communication in learning and support resource accessibility to learners. Based on this funding, the paper recommends that government should increase the funding of public schools to enable school administrators to procure the instruction technological facilities in their respective schools. The private institutions should support schools by providing technological facilities that will support effective deployment of instructional technology in the schools. Constantly training and retraining programme should be organized to the teachers by the government and private institutions.