The Age of Information

The Information Age, also commonly known as the Computer Age or Information Era, is an idea that the current age will be characterized by the ability of individuals to transfer information freely, and to have instant access to knowledge that would have been difficult or impossible to find previously. The idea is linked to the concept of a Digital Age or Digital Revolution.

Impact of information age on education sector 

Nowadays the role of IT, especially internet, in the education sector plays an important role, especially in the process of empowering the technology into the educational activities. Internet on the other side can be the most effective way to increase the student’s knowledge. The IT has been developing very rapidly nowadays. Therefore, in order to balance it, the whole educational system should be reformed and integrated into educational activities. The influence of IT cannot be ignored in our student’s lives. So, the learning activities should be reoriented and reformulated, from the manual source centered to the open source ones.

Impact of information age on corporate world

The growth in corporate use of the Internet and its usage for accessing marketing information highlight the increasing importance of the Internet as a commercial infrastructure. Today the Internet provides the largest common interactive data communications infrastructure in the world. It also provides wide access to content and a platform for information dissemination to users. In the near future this infrastructure will advance to provide real-time multimedia capabilities. The business use of these capabilities and the emerging infrastructure will dramatically alter business practice and competition.

Conclusion

The Internet offers a set of technological tools that presents both opportunities and challenges for developing countries. The benefits of this age is directly related to how investments in IT are influenced and supported by regulatory frameworks that promote innovation, access and use. Moreover developing countries should undertake to invest in the necessary macroeconomic policies that will facilitate an environment where the domestic population is able to adapt to the existence of the Internet.