14. Goals of ICT in Education: preparing towards
what society?
• Information society - a society where the creation, distribution, use, integration
and manipulation of information is a significant economic, political, and cultural
activity.
• ICT in Education to create the Information Society - in which knowledge and expertise form
part of the culture and also the key factor in production (Finland 2000)
• Europe Digital Agenda 2020:
The digital agenda for Europe will help Europe’s citizens and businesses to get the most out
of digital technologies
• Knowledge Society - Knowledge is a commodity to be traded for economic
prosperity.
• Knowledge-based societies societies are well educated, and therefore rely on
the knowledge of their citizens to drive the innovation, entrepreneurship and
dynamism of that society's economy.