The internet is a great
tool for the dissemination of information. With it being available to
just about anyone with a secure connection, it is a great way to
share and receive ideas from virtually anywhere in the world. Indeed,
learning can be made much more effective through the use of online
digital media, in a way that traditional classrooms can't do on its
own.
One reason that the
internet can expand upon the teaching capability of the classroom is
that traditional lessons are limited to a lesson plan or curriculum
set forth by a school system, and in order to ensure that learning is
kept consistent, it is locked into place with no room for deviation.
For example, if a school wishes to teach about goldfish, they will
plan out exactly how they will go about teaching their students about
the subject. This plan, once finalized, will be adhered to until the
syllabus needs reviewing. Along the way, if teachers wish to expand
upon the syllabus, they can't, because the lessons have all been
planned out, and there is no resource available to draw extra
information from.
That is, until the
internet comes along and totally blows that way of doing things out
of the water. With the internet, educators are able to actively draw
upon digital media stored on this vast network, so that they can
expand upon established learning parameters at will. Now, instead of
always teaching about how a goldfish swims, videos and papers can now
be accessed to provide further insights into the subject, information
provided by experts in their field that open up whole new avenues to
learn. Standardized curriculums will be a thing of the past as more
and more educational institutions embrace the power of the internet
to teach their charges. The possibilities, as they say, are endless.
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