ABSTRACT
A few years ago, researchers were studying and discussing the influence of computers on education, teaching and learning. Computers were considered as wonderful new tools, able to enrich the resources available for teaching and to improve teaching and learning, through ‘computer aided’ devices, through appropriate software and through a more individualized way of learning. But the development of information technologies and of communication technologies, and their merging into ICT (information and communication technology) brought major and profound changes across the whole of society and education. Information is now digitalized, information technologies process digitalized information, and communication technologies transport digitalized information. One can digitalize texts, images, sound, videos, leading to multimedia digitalized information. One can communicate with others more and more easily; one can access any kind of information anywhere in the world in a few seconds. Digitalized information is more accessible, more interactive, easier to access, transport, store and process. One speaks about ‘digitalized society’ or ‘information society’. Such a society, which is now appearing, has specific characteristics, and profound changes are occurring.
