7th WSEAS Int. Conf. on APPLIED COMPUTER & APPLIED COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE (ACACOS '08), Hangzhou, China, April 6-8, 2008

Impact of Using Computer Applications in Education on TeachingLearning Process
Ph.D. ANDREEA ZAMFIR
Faculty of Management
Academy of Economic Studies Bucharest
6, Piata Romana, RO 030173, Bucharest
ROMANIA
zamfir_andreea_ileana@yahoo.com, www.ase.ro
Abstract: Today’s educational policies are largely devoted to fostering the development and implementation of computer applications in education. This paper analyses the skills and competences needed for the knowledgebased society and reveals the role and impact of using computer applications to the teaching and learning processes. Also, the aim of this paper is to reveal the outcomes of a study conducted in order to determine the impact of using computer applications in teaching and learning Management and to propose new opportunities for the process improvement. The findings of this study related to the teachers’ and students’ perceptions about using computer applications for teaching and learning could open further researches on computer applications in education and their educational and economic implications.
Key words: computer applications, education, educational policy, teaching-learning Management, effects. benefits of web-based learning environments [3], and computer applications in education. Flexible and innovative teaching and learning based on computer applications will expand and will change the educational process. Within a knowledge-based society the educators and their organizations have a changing role, but, in the same time, they need to manage the processes associated with the creation of their knowledge assets and to benefit from the use of computer applications. In this respect, the skills and competences needed for the knowledgebased society and the impact of using computer