Educational value of internet? Explain.?

Answer 1

A variety of technologies are currently being used to deliver education on the Internet which include the use of the World Wide Web (WWW) for online lecture notes, newsgroups for collaborative discussions and class announcements, e-mail correspondence between students and instructors, interactive video over the Internet for remote participation in classes and discussions, and virtual reality for exploring three dimensional scenes.

The Internet is increasingly being used for the delivery of educational material and distance education. Internet-based learning allows students to learn at their own pace, access the information at a time that is convenient for them, and provides education to remote students that otherwise would not be able to travel to a classroom.

Some courses available on the Internet are delivered as a formal course with regular meeting times and places. Other courses follow a self-directed or student centered approach allowing students to learn at a time and pace that is convenient to them. Some institutions offer courses in a wide range of disciplines and topics that can lead to a diplomas or degrees.

Others Internet sites offer informal education at no charge on topics in the humanities and science. Examples of science topics on the World Wide Web include an interactive frog dissection interactive periodic table of the elements , interactive medical tutorial on the spinal cord , and an interactive text book on chemistry, mathematics, and physics .

Examples of topics in the humanities on the World Wide Web include learning languages such as Gaelic and English , a graphical view and commentary of the Dead Sea Scrolls , Beowulf an English eleventh century masterpiece manuscript, and an educational site on archaeology .

Education on the Internet
The Open University [99] has 200,000 people studying with 132,000 taking undergraduate level courses while another 10,000 are registered for postgraduate degrees . There are professional development programmes in management , education , health and social welfare , manufacturing and computer applications. There are no entry requirements for the majority of its courses. Courses are delivered to the students in their own homes or places of work by computer, the Internet, surface mail, and via national BBC broadcasts.

Benefits and limitations of Internet-based education
Internet delivery of education provides many benefits and limitations to both the student and the educational institution. Some of the benefits of Internet-based courses to the student include:

Flexibility to pursue education at personally convenient times.
Ability to take time to compose thoughts contributed to class discussions on newsgroups or listservs (asynchronous communication).
Ability to interact with classmates in different locations using real time text, audio, or video (synchronous communication).
Reduction or elimination of travel cost to attend lectures.
Wider range of students in a class (regional, national or global participation) resulting in a wider range of opinions and views shared in class discussions.
Ability to progress in the course material at the student's own pace (self-paced learning) and in order of their own personal needs (non-linear learning).
There are also benefits and limitations in providing Internet-based courses to the institution and instructor. Below are some of the benefits of Internet-based education to the institution.

Lower cost in electronic publication of course material compared to printing the same material.
Faster methods for electronically revising and re-distributing course materials and documentation compared to print materials.
Using the World Wide Web for delivering courses allows instructors to develop content a single platform, yet the content is accessible by students using a wide range of computing platforms and WWW browsers.
Ability to re-use lecture materials by simply providing links to previous electronic course modules or externally stored resources materials on the Internet.
Ability to automatically track student's online behaviour.
Ability to have automated registration and billing using commerce WWW servers.
Larger number of students can take courses (not limited by geographical region).
Potential source of new revenues.
Automation of the student evaluations with online interactive quizzes.

Answer 2

The Internet is an excellent research site. Information on virtually any imaginable subject can be found on the Internet. However, not all sites are created equally, i.e. not all contain accurate information, so it is a good idea to only use information from trusted, known sources.

Answer 3

Unless you contact the people personally you can do it because it is 100% illegal, you would be infringing on the copyright bylaw. You would have to get permission from whoever or whatever you wish to take of the internet. It is totally illegal.

Answer 4

you can find information on just about any subject on the Internet

Answer 5

your on here arnt you? explain