The recent development of information technology has rapidly increased. As technology advances, so does the quality of education accessible in the field. It will continue to play a major role in physical education during the next century. These changes affects both physical educators and student opportunities to expand and change their roles, yet present challenges to the traditional teaching and learning model.
Information technology can assist the physical educators to enhance quality of teaching, and increased student’s mastery learning, greater motivation and enjoyment as well. Application include distance learning, retrieval of information across network, independently guided instructional experiences.
The purpose of this article is how information technology can be used in physical education. Use of each of the following are discussed: characteristic of information technology, internet and the World Wide Web (WWW), distance learning and virtual reality. Application of information technology will likely continue to be an important issues as physical education moves into the new century. As the new century approaches, the future of information technology in physical education is bright.