THE ROLE OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN ENHANCING VISUAL ARTS INSTRUCTION THROUGH COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

Abstract

Language is a divine gift to mankind, hence, man’s efforts to device communication systems  to relate with one another has resulted to a lot of discoveries of information communication and  technological systems. The paper, “Concepts, Development, and application of Information Systems in Communication Technology for Visual Arts instruction” is d esigned to illustrate the possibility of utilizing information technology to effectively achieve successful Visual A rts instructional processes.  Observations during teaching practice supervision, spanning twenty years and investigations in some higher institutions have revealed that, Visual Arts instructional process is devoid of technological systems approach, thereby denying student’s  opportunities of the technological breakthroughs in this part of the world.  The researcher is of the opinion that students are capable of utilizing such technological systems, therefore  the introduction of Information Communication Technology in the instructional process  is necessary. The paper therefore focuses on Concepts, Meaning, Aspects of C ommunication and Systems. It further examined the Computer and Internet Systems on I nstructional settings. The thrust of the paper is therefore anchored on the application of information communication technology systems for Visual Arts instructions in the classrooms; furthermore, to illustrate and demonstrate a model designed by the researcher . To further assist and aid Visual Arts instructors, a number of arts internet sites are listed. The paper concludes that, information communication technology systems when creatively managed and  intelligently applied in the Visual Arts instructional process will be beneficial to instructors and students