**1. Introduction**

*Knowledge society* is a strategic term, such as *post-modern society*, *post-industrial society*, *experience society*, *consumer society*, *risk society*, *media society* or the *information society*, and similar terms; they tend to focus attention on certain aspects. Issues such as knowledge and education are particularly highlighted by the term knowledge society [1].

Knowledge society is identified as a society based on the creation, dissemination and use of information and knowledge [1]. It is a society with an economy in which knowledge is acquired, created, disseminated and applied to strengthen economic and social development.

What we call the information society in the last decades is marked by increased globalization process, both economically as well as geopolitically. The new economy is promoting a new characteristic attribute, knowledge, empowering them to be integrated into the knowledge society.

Information society emphasizes the amount of information available and accessible. It focuses on technology. Knowledge-based societies are identified as societies that use and apply information in various areas of learning and development.

Manuel Castells [2] argues that 'dominant functions and processes in the information age are increasingly organized around the concept of networking'. According to Castells [3], 'infor‐ mation society is the new mode of human existence, in which the production, recording, processing and retrieval of information in organized networks play a central role'.

Reflected by the thesis: 'Knowledge is information with meaning, and information that acts,' the two characteristics of knowledge, Drăgănescu concludes 'Therefore knowledge society is possible only grafted on information society and cannot be separated from it' [4]. The infor‐ mation society provides knowledge to a higher level. The main features of the knowledge society are emphasized. The truth about existence is discovered through scientific knowledge that is extended and deepened through the society. Existing knowledge must be managed as technological and organizational knowledge. Innovation brings new technological knowl‐ edge. The new means, Internet, e-book and using the electronic methods of learning (elearning), facilitates unprecedented spread of knowledge to everyone on the planet. Referring to the developmental effects of educational paradigm, the author points out that among the operating directions of the knowledge society it is necessary that the education system is based on the knowledge and information society methods (e-learning).

The term informatics is broadly defined as an area covering artificial intelligence, cognitive science, computer science, information science (processing, management and retrieval of information), social sciences and information technology (research, design, development, implementation, support or management of computer-based systems) [5].

Developed after a serious effort to review the specific indicators and of careful reflecting realities of contemporary society, Report to UNESCO [6] of an international commission on education in the twenty-first century, led by Jacques Delors, addressing sore topics joint to educational systems in modern society, seen through the need to adapt to the society of tomorrow. We present below the most relevant topics addressed for our paper:


This shows that education, the society engine, must adapt the new technological advancements to the citizens and their needs.
