INTRODUCTION The information information society challenges challenges the education system. system. In recent years, the speedy, eective and gloal communication of !no"ledge has created a ne" foundation for co#operation and team"or!, oth nationally and internationally. The increasing role played y information technology in the development of society calls for an active reaction to the challenges of the information society. $lready, ne" and greater demands are eing made as to the core %uali&cations of individuals, as "ell as to their understanding and !no"ledge of the conse%uences of the introduction of information technology technology for the "or! and organisation of a company. Companies are no longer forced to gather all their functions in one place. The !no"ledge#intensive !no"ledge#intensive functions such as development and mar!eting can e sited in countries "here the laour mar!et can supply highly educated employees, "hilst production itself can e moved to lo" "age countries. The result is the e'cient handling, processing, co#ordination and administration of company resources, "hich is decisive for the competitiveness of the company.In a society "hich is ecoming increasingly dependent on information and the processing of !no"ledge, great demands are therefore made that the individual should have a solid and road educational foundation on "hich to uild. (ducational policy in the information society must ensure that) IT %uali&cations are developed y means of their integration in all activities in the education sector and The individual individual citi*en must have an active and and critical attitude attitude to developments and not passively allo" technological development to set the pace.
IT educational policy must ensure) Up#to#date %uali&cations in the information information society Up#to#date %uali&cations gained against the ac!ground of a high general level of education in the population "ill e decisive if Denmar! is to maintain competitiveness and its share of the gloal laour mar!et in the information society. IT s!ills and IT understanding are thus central prere%uisites for the individual, oth no" and especially in the future. The advantage of of using information information technology technology is that that time#consuming "or! routines can increasingly increasingly e performed y means of this technology and time can thus e devoted instead to communicating and informing, informing, to the processing of information and the production of !no"ledge.
Need (ducation is a life long process therefore anytime any"here access to it is the need Information e+plosion is an ever increasing phenomena therefore there is need to get access to this information (ducation should meet the needs of variety of learners and therefore IT is important in meeting this need It is a re%uirement of the society that the individuals should posses technological literacy e need to increase access and ring do"n the cost of education to meet the challenges of illiteracy and poverty#IT is the ans"er
Importance access to variety of learning resources immediacy to information anytime learning any"here learning collaorative learning multimedia approach to education authentic and up to date information access to online liraries teaching of dierent su-ects made interesting educational data storage distance education access to the source of information multiple communication channels#e#mail,chat,forum,logs,etc. access to open course"are
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Information Technology in (ducation INTRODUCTION Information Technology in (ducation, eects of the continuing developments in information technology IT/ on education. The pace of change rought aout y ne" technologies has had a signi&cant eect on the "ay people live, "or!, and play "orld"ide. Ne" and emerging technologies challenge the traditional process of teaching and learning, and the "ay education is managed. Information technology, "hile an important area of study in its o"n right, is having a ma-or impact across all curriculum areas. (asy "orld"ide communication provides instant access to a vast array of data, challenging assimilation and assessment s!ills. Rapid communication, plus increased access to IT in the home, at "or!, and in educational estalishments, could mean that learning ecomes a truly lifelong activity0an activity in "hich the pace of technological change forces constant evaluation of the learning process itself. 1igni&cance of IT in education $ccess to variety of learning resources In the era of technology. IT aids plenty of resources to enhance the teaching s!ills and learning aility. ith the help of IT no" it is easy to provide audio visual education. The learning resources are eing "idens and "iden. No" "ith this vivid and vast techni%ue as part of the IT curriculum, learners are encouraged to regard computers as tools to e used in all aspects of their studies. In particular, they need to ma!e use of the ne" multimedia technologies to communicate ideas, descrie pro-ects, and order information in their "or!. Immediacy to information IT has provided immediacy to education. No" in the year of computers and "e net"or!s the pace of imparting !no"ledge is very very fast and one can e educated any"here at any time. Ne" IT has often een introduced into "ell#estalished patterns of "or!ing and living "ithout radically altering them. 2or e+ample, the traditional o'ce, "ith secretaries "or!ing at !eyoards and notes eing "ritten on paper and manually e+changed, has remained remar!aly stale, even if personal computers have replaced type"riters.
$ny time learning No" in the year of computers and "e net"or!s the pace of imparting !no"ledge is very very fast and one can e educated .One can study "henever he "ills irrespective of "hether it is day or night and irrespective of eing in India or in U1 ecause of the oom in IT. Collaorative learning No" IT has made it easy to study as "ell as teach in groups or in clusters. ith online "e can e unite together to do the desired tas!. ('cient postal systems, the telephone &+ed and moile/, and various recording and playac! systems ased on computer technology all have a part to play in educational roadcasting in the ne" millennium. The Internet and its e sites are no" familiar to many children in developed countries and among educational elites else"here, ut it remains of little signi&cance to very many more, "ho lac! the most asic means for susistence. 3ultimedia approach to education $udio#4isual (ducation, planning, preparation, and use of devices and materials that involve sight, sound, or oth, for educational purposes. $mong the devices used are still and motion pictures, &lmstrips, television, transparencies, audiotapes, records, teaching machines, computers, and videodiscs. The gro"th of audio#visual education has re5ected developments in oth technology and learning theory. 1tudies in the psychology of learning suggest that the use of audio#visuals in education has several advantages. $ll learning is ased on perception, the process y "hich the senses gain information from the environment. The higher processes of memory and concept formation cannot occur "ithout prior perception. 6eople can attend to only a limited amount of information at a time7 their selection and perception of information is in5uenced y past e+periences. Researchers have found that, other conditions eing e%ual, more information is ta!en in if it is received simultaneously in t"o modalities vision and hearing, for e+ample/ rather than in a single modality. 2urthermore, learning is enhanced "hen material is organi*ed and that organi*ation is evident to the student. These &ndings suggest the value of audio#visuals in the educational process. They can facilitate perception of the most important features, can e carefully organi*ed, and can re%uire the student to use more than one modality. $uthentic and up to date information The information and data "hich are availale on the net is purely correct and
up to date. Internet, a collection of computer net"or!s that operate to common standards and enale the computers and the programs they run to communicate directly provides true and correct information. Online lirary Internets support thousands of dierent !inds of operational and e+perimental services one of "hich is online lirary. e can get plenty of data on this online lirary. $s part of the IT curriculum, learners are encouraged to regard computers as tools to e used in all aspects of their studies. In particular, they need to ma!e use of the ne" multimedia technologies to communicate ideas, descrie pro-ects, and order information in their "or!. This re%uires them to select the medium est suited to conveying their message, to structure information in a hierarchical manner, and to lin! together information to produce a multidimensional document. Distance learning Distance 8earning, method of learning at a distance rather than in a classroom. 8ate 9:th#century communications technologies, in their most recent phases multimedia and interactive, open up ne" possiilities, oth individual and institutional, for an unprecedented e+pansion of home#ased learning, much of it part#time. The term distance learning "as coined "ithin the conte+t of a continuing communications revolution, largely replacing a hitherto confusing mi+ed nomenclature0home study, independent study, e+ternal study, and, most common, though restricted in pedagogic means, correspondence study. The convergence of increased demand for access to educational facilities and innovative communications technology has een increasingly e+ploited in face of criticisms that distance learning is an inade%uate sustitute for learning alongside others in formal institutions. $ po"erful incentive has een reduced costs per student. $t the same time, students studying at home themselves save on travel time and other costs. hatever the reasoning, distance learning "idens access for students unale for "hatever reason course availaility, geographical remoteness, family circumstances, individual disaility/ to study alongside others. $t the same time, it appeals to students "ho prefer learning at home. In addition, it appeals to organi*ers of professional and usiness education, providing an incentive to rethin! the most eective "ay of communicating vital information. ;etter accesses to children "ith disailities
Information technology has rought drastic changes in the life of disaled children. IT provides various soft"are and techni%ue to educate these poor peoples. Unless provided early "ith special training, people profoundly deaf from irth are incapale of learning to spea!. Deafness from irth causes severe sensory deprivation, "hich can seriously aect a person
