The Role of ICT

Since the Role of IT was first published in 1995, there have been numerous developments in the perception and practice of IT, not least the addition of Communication to the acronym. Although the potential of the Internet, email and the World Wide Web had been recognized at this stage, in practice such aids were of only minimal significance to teachers. Today, ICT lies at the heart of policy-making in education. This change in attitude forms the basis of this fully up-dated second edition.