Using Information Technology as E-Learning Tools

Information technology or IT refers to a broad field encompassing software, hardware, computers and networks, communication infrastructure and technologies such as regular telephony, cellular networks, satellite communication, broadcasting media, and other forms of communication. Learning using the latest technological development can be means learning using:

• Presentation, demonstration, and the manipulation of data using productivity tools.

• Use of curriculum-specific applications types such as educational games, drill and practice, simulations, tutorials, virtual laboratories, visualizations and graphical representations of abstract concepts,musical composition, and expert systems.

• Use of information and resources on CD-ROM or online such as encyclopedia, interactive maps and atlases, electronic journals and other references.