How the Internet Influenced Online Education
I was watching a documentation in the television last Tuesday. The film was about Nepal and Tibet and how the people live in those countries. A father was also interviewed including his family. With the poor infrastructure and transportation system in those countries especially in the mountains, he said that his two children have to walk two and a half hours to reach the school. It means that they need around 5 hours in a day by just going to school.
I admired those children for their patience, hard work and effort. Can you imagine if your children or you yourselves are on the same situation?
Nowadays, we are so thankful because of the advent of computers, internet and other high-tech gadgets and equipments. The way we live now are greatly influenced with these so-called high technologies. We can already attend school at the comfort of our home. We don’t need the stress caused by traffic when driving to school. It also require less time and effort in going to school. We can already enroll to any online degrees and courses that best fit our wants and goals.
The internet and social media truly have dramatically changed both teaching and learning. For example if you want to take negotiation training courses, you can already find and enroll to any online university who offer such course.
Students today don’t need to go to the library to research for their projects and assignments. They can already do it at home and search through the internet. You can browse search engines such as google or bing or even look in Wikipedia to find all the answers for any information. It is not only students who are turning on the web but also people from all walks of life, who want to find answers to their questions.
Many colleges and universities are now reaching up to students by means of social media and offering online courses.
