INTRODUCTION


Information Technology in Education, effects of the continuing developments in information technology (IT) on education

The pace of change brought about by new technologies has had a significant effect on the way people live, work, and play worldwide. New and emerging technologies challenge the traditional process of teaching and learning, and the way education is managed. Information technology, while an important area of study in its own right, is having a major impact across all curriculum areas. Easy worldwide communication provides instant access to a vast array of data, challenging assimilation and assessment skills. Rapid communication, plus increased access to IT in the home, at work, and in educational establishments, could mean that learning becomes a truly lifelong activity—an activity in which the pace of technological change forces constant evaluation of the learning process itself.





Need
1.Education is a life long process therefore anytime anywhere access to it is the need
2.Information explosion is an ever increasing phenomena therefore there is need to get access to this information
3.Education should meet the needs of variety of learners and therefore IT is important in meeting this need
4.It is a requirement of the society that the individuals should posses technological literacy
5.We need to increase access and bring down the cost of education to meet the challenges of illiteracy and poverty- IT is the answer


Importance
1.access to variety of learning resources
2.immediacy to information
3.anytime learning
4.anywhere learning
5.collaborative learning
6.multimedia approach to education
7.authentic and up to date information
8.access to online libraries
9.teaching of different subjects made interesting
10.educational data storage
11.distance education
12.access to the source of information
13.multiple communication channels-e-mail,chat,forum,blogs,etc.
14.access to open courseware
15.better accesses to children with disabilities
16.reduces time on many routine tasks