Use of Technology Enhanced Education to Improve Teaching and Learning Process

The modern world continues to change as Information Technology (IT) related applications proceed to evolve at a rapid pace. The need for IT continues to grow as we begin to meaningfully engage its products in both business and the academic settings. The increased need for information security, networking and database expertise after 9/11 followed by the rebound of the US economy, has resulted in the upswing of IT employment since the first quarter of 2005. Starting 2005, highly skilled IT workers are commanding ever-higher wages as the IT employment scene shifts to a more narrowly focused marketplace. According to the Yoh Index of Technology Wages reported on February 6 2006, the IT wages increased by 3.1 percent overall in the 4th quarter of 2005 over the like quarter in the previous year. However, all of the above positive social and economic reports are not yet reflected in the ongoing decrease in enrollment of IT graduate and undergraduate college students. In this paper, we presen...

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2008
• Where: IJVR
• Authors: Daniela Marghitu, Elizabeth Zylla-Jones, Santosh B. Kulkarni
• Keywords: IJVR 2008, Modern World, Rapid Pace, Wages