Tuesday, 19 May 2009
-
How Technology Supports Education
Technology has been a huge boon for the education industry, both online and off. We all can readily see how technology has benefited online education -- that’s perfectly obvious, because online classes depend so heavily on the Internet and programming capabilities. Most online classes these days take place in an online classroom that students sign into, and where they can browse discussion boards, check assignment due dates, send and receive private messages, and even listen to or view audio and video lectures.
The role of technology is less obvious in traditional formats, yet it is there! For instance, really good golf schools use technology that allow students to practice their drive indoors, similar to the flight simulation technology that many flight schools use.
Even college libraries benefit greatly from technology -- not only can you browse the library’s collection, place holds, and renew books online, but now you can also read journal articles and view electronic books or “ebooks” via services such as EBSCO and Google Book Search. Technology therefore is a huge benefit to students at home as well as in school.
The best thing is that technology is always advancing. Just five or ten years ago, no one could have imagined how important and commonplace online education would become. How will technology continue to benefit education in the next five or ten years?
-
recommend
- recs 0
-
share
-
email
- sent 0
Post a Comment
- Back to virtualclassroom's Xanga Site!
- Note: your comment will appear in virtualclassroom's local time zone: GMT -05:00 (Eastern Standard - US, Canada)
Comments (8)
Technology is such a lifesaver! Especially for me. Im a student at a university and now you can check due dates and keep track of your grades throughout the semester. It has saved me from many missed assignments!
Even though technology has helped with a lot of education, I still think it is best for face to face contact in learning. Granted some people need to be able to do the classes online but hopefully face to face learning doesn't disappear.
I love learning online. You get to do it on your own pace instead of the pace someone else thinks is best. Everyone learns differently and it's hard to address that in traditional school.
I've never taken an online class so I don't really know, but I do believe that online education isn't as effective as the classroom. It can be effective in certain scenarios but face to face teaching can adapt to the students where a computer can't.
Do you think that over time classroom learning will become obsolete? With the strides over the last several years, who knows what could happen in 10 years?
I think the advances in online learning will only continue. And with it I think that online learning will become more and more specialized as well. Just as colleges are getting more diversified, online learning will as well.
I use online classes and they are very very convienient. I work a full time job and am still able to take classes towards my degree. It's really a lifesaver and will really help my life once I am done.
I really enjoy the face to face learning as it works a lot better for me. I hope this doesn't make classrooms disappear. I would have a very hard time learning on a computer screen. I can see the benefits but hopefully both remain an option.