There are user’s needs for information and training in order to participate in the Information Society, and this is definitely another major risk of exclusion. Learning the potentialities of the information and communication technology may be a bigger barrier for new users than lack of technical access. For example, people who are not computer literate have no chance to take advantage from the Internet. The education system must be the main provider of this new knowledge.
Moreover the fantastic pace of evolution of information technology obliges any participant in the Information Society to continually improve one’s knowledge; learning does not stop once one has completed a training course. In addition, mastering the Internet, one needs formal training, but knowledge also develops through learning by doing (Milne2000); one can improve it by trying things out, sharing one’s problems and seeing what others are doing. All this will contribute to a lifelong learning society where people will have to continuously learn to master these constantly changing technologies, and therefore to be able to participate in their society.
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