How Information Technology is Changing the Face of Education

Although we are unable to predict future accurately, we are sure that a preparation for the future relies on education. The development of Internet and communication technology indeed accelerates the flow speed of information, capital and goods and brings about new industries and new profit-making methods, and influences and changes the way of social life and the will of the people to some extent. However, the prediction of the rapid and great development and fundamental changes of education of the people doesn't come true. The education is surely progressing, but the fundamental education change doesn't take place. For example, in the past few years, the higher education of China has indeed developed rapidly. The number of students on campus has exceeded more than 20 million. The change mainly shows in quantity, not in quality, which is the extension of conventional institutions under the former system and hardly use the form of open universities and web colleges.