Information Technology: Its Impact on Teaching and Learning in the Educational Sector

ICT has become an integral aspect of human existence, allowing people to do more in less time and money. The rapid speed of change brought about by new technology has had a tremendous impact on how people live, work, and play throughout the world. New and developing technologies are challenging the traditional teaching and learning processes, as well as the way education is handled. While Information Technology (IT) is an essential subject of study in its own right, it has a significant influence on all curricular areas. Easy global connection allows for immediate access to a huge diversity of data, demanding knowledge and assessment skills. Rapid communication, along with expanded access to IT at home, work, and in schools, may result in learning becoming a genuinely lifelong activity, one in which the rate of technological change necessitates regular examination of the learning process itself.