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only embrace technology but also to possess technological literacy which is required for

increased access and utilization. This urgent need for technology integration to academic training

and instructions has resulted in information explosion making education a lifelong process that

could be accessed anytime and anywhere.

The role technology plays in a contemporary changing academic learning environment

has resulted in the desire for education to meet the variety of learners from diverse development

and need levels which has led to changes in methodological and instructional approaches. The

pace of the changes brought about by the new technologies has had a significant effect on the

way people live, work, and most importantly reason. It has also challenged the traditional

process of academic instructions and learning outcomes as well as the way education is

managed. Technology, while an important area of study in its own right, is having tremendous

impact across all curricula. A typical example should be the worldwide web (www.com), an user

friendlier worldwide communication portal which provides instant access to a vast array of data,

challenging assimilation and assessment skills of both the learner and the instructor. It is

therefore obvious that rapid communication, which includes increased access to information

technology (IT) at home, work, and in the educational settings, could mean that learning

becomes a truly lifelong program, an activity in which the pace of technological changes forces

constant evaluation of the learning process itself. Academic institutions such as colleges and

universities should no longer keep to the old order of instructions or gather all their functions in

one place. There should be a dynamic paradigm shift which should result to knowledge-intensive

functions such as development of a diverse technology driven academic instructional modalities

and assessment of performance outcomes, progressive academic plan and marketing, faculty and

staff retraining and resource provision to maximize production and delivery. The result of this

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