Every familiar model and practice in education the world over will have to be re-examined in light of the impact of computers and new telecommunications. Today's students must understand and master the use of the tools of technology if they are to be the global citizen knowledge workers required in the 21st Century. Many around the world are enthusiastically embracing information technology into their own education enterprises. Some are resisting. While most are still unaware of the possibilities for change in the ways their people can learn.
Many barriers exist to the adoption of information technology.
There are many issues which the GIIC may address. But there are also many others working on these issues. It is central to the identity of a people. Often the educational establishment in a nation is the least resistant to change, and the last to adapt technology innovations to its operation Because of this there is a fear of the introduction of technology into the educational process. Many nations, both industrialized and developing, have not yet decided how they want to use information technology.