Impact of information technology on delivery of education

Author

Ginige, Athula ; Ginige, Tamara

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. & Inf. Syst., Western Sydney Univ., Campbelltown, NSW, Australia

Volume

1

fYear

1998

fDate

1998

Firstpage

89

Abstract

Even though we do not have hard evidence that by using information technology (IT) we can enhance learning, there are many areas related to the delivery of education that can benefit by the use of IT. In the projects we have done, we used IT to enhance access to information, facilitate deep learning and also to provide intelligent tutoring. In each case, the feedback we had from the students has been very positive. Due to many difficulties, it is hard to quantify the benefits resulting from the use of IT for the delivery of education. In this paper we highlight some of the possible benefits at a conceptual level

Keywords

educational computing; information technology; IT; Internet; World Wide Web; education; information technology; intelligent tutoring; learning; personal tutoring; Books; Computer interfaces; Computer science education; Design engineering; Educational programs; Feedback; Humans; Information systems; Information technology; Systems engineering and theory;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

TENCON '98. 1998 IEEE Region 10 International Conference on Global Connectivity in Energy, Computer, Communication and Control

Conference_Location

New Delhi

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4886-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TENCON.1998.797085

Filename

797085