Role of Knowledge in Information Society

Development of information technologies and activities, which are largely associated with information technologies, has led to the fact that many advanced countries in the world declared as information societies, and thus along with the increased number of countries that declared themselves, a term information age was created. The term information society describes a social system in which production and services largely depend on information technologies, and on understanding of knowledge as a key resource of organizations. This paper is aimed at showing the role of knowledge in information society and pointing at changes that consequently occurred in the educational system.