Ontology of Information Technology: Rethinking the why of using Information Technology in the field of education

پژوهش نامه مبانی تعلیم و تربیت

Article 4, Volume 2, Issue 2 - Serial Number 4, May 2013   

Document Type: پژوهشی

DOI: 10.22067/fe.v2i2.14107

Authors

saeid zarghami^* ; Parvin Bazghandi

Abstract

This study investigates the why of Information Technology in the field of education according to the ontological inquiry. The methodology applied involves hermeneutic phenomenology. This study concerns the ontological changes that IT brings about in experiencing the universe and, following that, the field of education including changing the role of body in the process of education, fading the temporal and spatial borders away and expanding the virtual connection, and providing wide access to technological information. This ontological investigation in fact probes the horizons and barriers created by the application of IT in the field of education. As the results of the study indicate, and by admitting that inquiring the nature and reasons (what and why) behind using Informational Technology precedes questioning the manner of application in the field of education. The scope and borders of applying IT are defined in terms of humans’ life goals throughout the history, such as nurturing and worship. Finally, some of the entailments are mentioned such as the facilitative role of Information Technology in the process of education instead of a productive role, limiting the effects and application of Information to educational instrument and using IT along with other types of information in terms of human’s ultimate life goals.

Keywords

Information Technology; Philosophy; Ontology; Education