How can the ready availability of information via information technology change education and should and can these changes take place?

Introduction In a society, cumulatively shifting towards an information and technologically based society, the opportunities and implications that this move may have for the social and economic infrastructures, are of profound importance. This societal transformation from an industrial era to that of an "information age" is certain to impact and dominate those areas of society, influenced by the services provided by information and information technology. The potential that information technology has for example, to fundamentally …

…to student development, however it is becoming increasingly acute that educational institutions have a responsibility to ensure students are prepared to meet the challenges and uncertainties of the "information age". Thus, if fundamental educational change is to occur, it is imperative that the implications and barriers hindering the widespread use of information technologies in education and consequently, society at large, are overcome, and the value of information and information technologies for contemporary society is realised.