Internet in the Educational Field
The Internet has always been an intrinsically educational tool, the internet as education is aimed at the exchange of information, communication and the creation of knowledge.
The impact of the internet on education is not direct. To begin it is important to remember that more than half of the world's population does not have any kind of direct experience in the use of the internet. And although this may change with the global expansion of mobile telephony, the problem of unequal access to the most powerful and versatile ways to use the internet remains a cause for concern. In addition, as suggested by the fact that traditional training models based on classroom instruction and pencil and paper examinations continue to prevail, the educational changes experienced in the Internet age are complex and often not well entrenched.
The participatory and community nature of many of the social applications and activities of the Internet is in line with the fundamental characteristics of human learning, specifically, create, share, collaborate and analyze.
So, given the ability of the Internet to make it possible for these activities to be carried out on a huge scale and almost instantaneously, often - and this is understandable - the educational repercussions of the Internet are often described with grandiloquence. Let's see, for example, the recent statement by Jeb Bush:
"The Internet is not just a powerful tool for communication, it could be said to be the most powerful learning and innovation force since the invention of the printing press, and the central element of what probably represents the most bitter struggle and at the same time the greatest opportunity for the United States, which is to define education for an era of transformation. "
(Bush and Dawson, 2013)
The impact of the internet on education and learning can be considered at least from four different angles.
We have the potential it offers individuals to learn more freely, without the constraints and constraints of the real world. What is meant by this is generally that the Internet reduces local, spatial, temporal and geographical limitations so that individuals can have access to learning opportunities and high quality educational media, regardless of their particular circumstances. Thus, the Internet would be that means that provides education at "any time, anywhere and at any pace."
The impact of the internet on education is not direct. To begin it is important to remember that more than half of the world's population does not have any kind of direct experience in the use of the internet. And although this may change with the global expansion of mobile telephony, the problem of unequal access to the most powerful and versatile ways to use the internet remains a cause for concern. In addition, as suggested by the fact that traditional training models based on classroom instruction and pencil and paper examinations continue to prevail, the educational changes experienced in the Internet age are complex and often not well entrenched.
The participatory and community nature of many of the social applications and activities of the Internet is in line with the fundamental characteristics of human learning, specifically, create, share, collaborate and analyze.
So, given the ability of the Internet to make it possible for these activities to be carried out on a huge scale and almost instantaneously, often - and this is understandable - the educational repercussions of the Internet are often described with grandiloquence. Let's see, for example, the recent statement by Jeb Bush:
"The Internet is not just a powerful tool for communication, it could be said to be the most powerful learning and innovation force since the invention of the printing press, and the central element of what probably represents the most bitter struggle and at the same time the greatest opportunity for the United States, which is to define education for an era of transformation. "
(Bush and Dawson, 2013)
The impact of the internet on education and learning can be considered at least from four different angles.
We have the potential it offers individuals to learn more freely, without the constraints and constraints of the real world. What is meant by this is generally that the Internet reduces local, spatial, temporal and geographical limitations so that individuals can have access to learning opportunities and high quality educational media, regardless of their particular circumstances. Thus, the Internet would be that means that provides education at "any time, anywhere and at any pace."
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