BSIT Pakistan

             Need and Importance of  Information                                     Technology  in Education

Education is a life long process therefore anytime anywhere access to it is the needInformation explosion is an ever increasing phenomena therefore there is need to get access to this information Education should meet the needs of variety of learners and therefore IT is important in meeting this need It is a requirement of the society that the individuals should posses technological literacy  Information Technology in Education

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.

Importance:

• access to variety of learning resources

• immediacy to information

• anytime learning

• anywhere learning

• collaborative learning

• multimedia approach to education

• authentic and up to date information

• access to online libraries

• teaching of different subjects made interesting

• educational data storage

• distance education

• access to the source of information

• multiple communication channels-e-mail,chat,forum,blogs,etc.

• access to open courseware

• better accesses to children with disabilities