Education and the Web

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Education and the Web

• Using the Web in the classroom
• Using the Web for research
• Online learning

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Using the Web in the Classroom

• Online resources
• Library resources
• Interactive encyclopedias, videos, print
  repository
• Electronic texts
• Learning resources for classroom or home use
• Grade 9 language arts
• Decisions, decisions online
• Grade 6 math
• Communication
• Between teachers
• Between students
• Between teachers and parents

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Using the Web for Research

• 38 of elementary school and 37 of secondary
  school students are using the Web for homework
  (Media Awareness, 2001)
• What about for research?
• Grade 8, 11, university students read
  informational passages
• Encyclopedia, newspaper, Web
• Rated different aspects of credibility
• Completed a general questionnaire on use of
  different informational resources

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How Useful is the Web for Research?
Item Grade 8 Grade 11
Experience in finding info on Web for report Good-Excellent Good-Excellent
Skill in finding info on the Web for report Fair-Good Fair-Good
How often use info on Web for report Often-Very Often Often-Very Often
How useful info on Web for report Fairly- Very Useful Fairly-Very Useful
Indicating Web is most credible source (encyclopedia, newspaper, Web) 72 37
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Online Classrooms

• Delivery methods
• Print dissemination and collection
• Interactive learning
• Who attends?
• Displaced students
• Elite programs
• Preference
• Difficulty attending physical school