Globalization and new technologies are impacting Ireland's education sector by enabling more online learning platforms and tools as well as by driving economic growth and population increases. These changes require schools to invest in technology and skills training, address issues like plagiarism and copyright, and expand opportunities for lifelong learning to create jobs and attract international students and workers.

2. Employment in Ireland
Impact on Education sector:
Globalisation, New Technology Factors, Economic
and Population Shifts

3. is the process of international integration
arising from the interchange of world views,
products, ideas, and other aspects of
culture.

5. Communication technologies
Information highway
Wi-Fi access
High speed Broadband
Mobile computing devices

6.  Cloud based learning platforms
 Video sharing websites
 Open on-line courses
 Digitised libraries and archives
 New assessment tools

7.  Plagiarism
 Copyright
 Internet safety

8.  Economic Growth
 Falling rates unemployment

9. Increase of 50% of population in Ireland over the past
half century

11.  High quality education – investment for life
 Over 5000 programmes recognised and
quality assured
 Dominant English language
 Using new technologies
 Expanded opportunities for learning and
teaching
 Creating jobs
 Different cultures, languages and learning
styles

12.  Lack of investment
 Employees require skilled and educated
workforce
 Brain Drain
 Business of higher education