Definition :-
The use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Dutch education is lagging
behind expectation and desire. Hence, the advisory ‘Committee On Multimedia In Teacher
Training’ (COMMITT, at present PROM MITT), established by the Dutch Minister of
Education, has drawn up recommendations on the design of the learning process in the
future and the role of ICT to support this process, with a focus on teacher training. The
committee argues for a powerful role of teacher training in the process of educational
innovation and the implementation of ICT. The teacher training institutes are providing
the teachers of the future and the committee assumes that teachers are the key figures in
arranging learning processes. The institutes, therefore, have to anticipate new
developments and prepare prospective teachers for their future role. The nature and extent
to which ICT is being used in education is considered to be a result of synergy between
‘top-down’ and ‘bottom up’ processes. In the latter especially, a
contribution of the teacher training institutes can be expected. According to commit,
teacher training institutes therefore have to shift their focus from dealing with present
education to that of ‘future education’