INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (ICT) USED FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (ICT) USED FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Summary/Abstract: Every year advances in the field of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) make possible the appearance of new applications and devices, new opportunities emerging with regularity, affecting almost all the areas where these technologies are used. In the education domain, as in the other domains, not only the use of computers and communication networks brought significant changes, but also the new approaches made possible by such technologies, like simulating processes using specialized software. New technologies used for education are particularly appropriate for the training of young people, being known the fact that they are more receptive to technological changes and in general attracted by modern devices that imply the use of information and communication technologies. Taking into consideration the widespread access to internet and the appearance of mobile devices, the technology is ready to support a true mobile learning, any person interested being able to access information whenever having the required time. Mobile learning or MLearning is different from traditional distance learning by the fact that it can take place everywhere by using mobile electronic devices such as mobile phones, laptops connected to the internet by wireless networks, tablets, palmtops and other hi tech devices. For mobile learning to be possible, learning content must be made compatible to the hi-tech devices used. The content can be both online and offline. Online content has the advantages that it is stored on a web server and can be accessed whenever it is necessary without downloading everything on the device, but has the disadvantage that an internet connection is required.

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