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The power of information access: Transforming the goals and processes of education

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NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES are flooding the marketplace. The primary characteristic shared by these new information technologies is that they increase access to information. This article considers the impact of the power of information access on the three major components of an educational system: (1) the goals of education; (2) the pedagogical process of teacher-student interaction; and (3) the infrastructure for delivery of education. A new educational paradigm is emerging based on research in cognitive science, the explosion of new information resources available to faculty and students, and the demands of the information age. The new access to information and information technology is transforming the world and with it, the world of education.

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  1. Judith V. Boettcher

    Present address: 227H Computer Building, Penn State University, 16802, University Park, PA

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    Judith Boettcher is the Director of Education Technology Services at the Center for Academic Computing at Penn State University. The Education Technology Services unit consists of CBEL-Teaching and Learning Technologies, a faculty support center for the integration of interactive technologies into the curriculum, and Training and Multimedia Services, a center for the support of digital multimedia services.

    Judith has a Ph.D. in education and cognitive psychology from the University of Minnesota. She served as the project leader for the Educational Uses of Information Technology (EUIT) Joe Wyatt Challenge, 1990–1992.

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    Boettcher, J.V. The power of information access: Transforming the goals and processes of education. J. Comput. High. Educ. 4, 117–135 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02941068

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