Zachariе Zachariev

Abstract

The communication aims to examine different aspects of  the intensive use of information and communication technologies and their impact on the education system. The penetration of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in schools has led to a major transformation of the education landscape. After reminding  briefly the benefit of their use for all aspects  of the education, for the  social and  cultural live, the author tries to identify possible negative phenomena. Being conscious of the fact that knowing how to deal with information overload will be more important in the future, he considers the capacity of education to  give  answers to it and suggests competencies, capacities, behavior and  skills  which should be acquired  through education. The author insists on the necessity to go further than the quantitative aspect of the introduction of technical means of information and communication. He considers  that greater attention should be paid to the qualitative and ethical,  pedagogical or methodological aspects of the content of messages.  He emphasizes the  need to search for continuous analysis, evaluation and measuring the impact of media education policies on the educational process. It is hoped that beyond providing useful information on contemporary challenges for  approaches to public policies in the field of ICT in education, the thoughts expressed here will offer useful insights into the management of the flow of information within the educational process.

Keywords: ICT in education: information overload, impact; benefits; challenges; risks; negative phenomena.