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Essay on Pros and Cons of e-learning
Computer has always been a tool with great problem solving potential. The challenge is to identify problems and develop appropriate computer solutions. Regardless of how computers are used, people find an increased need to share information with others. This desire of information sharing involves communication of electronic messages over a long distance and shaped the world into an information society.
Information Society can be determined as the large group of people within a country or a region wherein most workers generate or depend upon information for performance of their jobs. Today information is the largest export of most News services, banks, insurance companies, television stations etc. these all organizations collect data, process it into information, distribute it, and store it as a major part of their business.
As the world is an information society now, Information and Communication technology also become an active part of education and electronic classroom has evolved. Computers are found in grade schools, high schools and colleges, as computer literacy becomes a graduation requirement. According to an official report 98% of the schools of United Kingdom alone are connected to the Internet (Rao, Mehta and Crishna, 1999).
This rapid growth of Computers and information society compelled governments and responsible bodies of different countries to use the power of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the field of education and hence improved the quality of learning and teaching. According to Thomas McManus it, "combines media advantages of other media so that it conveys video and sound better than a book, is more interactive than a videotape and, unlike a CD-ROM, it can link people from around the world cheaply" (McManus 1995).
Importance of ICT in Education:
It is impossible to ignore the power and services of Information and Communication Technology in any field, especially in Education..........
