THE ROLE OF MEDIA AND INFORMATION IN EDUCATION IN THE NEW NORMAL BROUGHT ABOUT BY

THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC.

Education is a very integral part of our society, In simpler time education was a big contributor to
society. Educational technology creates, uses, and manages technology process and educational
resources to help improve us academic performance. The field has been described as a persisting
initiative that seeks to bring learners, teacher, and technical means together in an effective way. In
addition to experiential knowledge drawn from educational practice, educational technology is based
on theoretical knowledge that emrges from various discipline such as communication, education,
psychology , sociology. Artificial intelligence, and computer science, among others.

In the education process, the benefits of social media do not have to end with the teacher-student
relationship. There are a lot of other benefits that can also be extracted at higher levels from the use of
social networking. For example, principals or administrators may find a new way to incorporate social
media. Like exchanging school news through social networks, organizing parents' online meetings or
even starting fundraising for various projects.

And social media can easily become the only one that can

The bottom line is that social media is a big part of our daily lives and there is no point in keeping it out
of the process of education. Staff from schools , colleges and universities should be encouraged to use
technology for communication between students and parents.