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Use of Technology in Higher Education

The use of technology is rapidly transforming the educational landscape, both in terms of how learning is taught by professors and how students learn. According to Piotrowski and Vodanovich, ôOver the past decade, computer-related instruction has made an indelible impact on how students learn and how instructors teach at colleges and universities in the U.S. and abroadö (48). While technology use in higher education is a phenomenon that is here to stay, there are many who take opposing views to its use and effectiveness. There is no denying that there are numerous benefits that accrue to users of technology in education. The Internet, World Wide Web, laptop computers, multimedia applications, and a host of software programs have put information from around the world at the fingertips of both instructors and students. In some cases technology has revolutionized instruction, such as distance education courses that are taught online. Such distance learning programs enable nontraditional students and minorities (handicapped, etc.) to take advantage of educational opportunities in ways that expand the capability of education: ôTechnologies, such as satellite videoconferencing, Internet-based teleconferencing, and interactive multimedia classrooms, are giving schools the ability to reach and educate nontraditional students in numbers that will multiply the capacity of American higher educationö (92).

There can be little doubt from observing contemporary college campuses that technology has a ubiquitous presence in higher learning. University libraries offer computer workstations, on-line journals, full-text retrieval, and Internet access. Many students carry laptops that enable research, writing, and learning via the Internet and World Wide Web. Instructors post lecture notes, syllabi, and exam and office hour information on-line. In many classrooms, multimedia applications permit instructors to provide instruction that grea...

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