Impact of the Internet on Education
Impact of the Internet on Education
For the majority of people, it is difficult to imagine what life would be like without the internet. The world of education has also undergone tremendous change since the advent of the internet. It allows students to quickly obtain a vast amount of information on every subject. They also get the convenience of going to class and completing assignments, permitting them to schedule their time with great flexibility. The internet has become one of the easiest, fastest and most effective tools that can be used to explore and comprehend more about the world; however, it is not without problems. The uses of the internet by students changes their thinking patterns, distracts their attention and reduces their interpersonal skills.
First of all, let us consider that the internet and search engines make students become lazy in their thinking. Carr (2010) writes that the internet can distract and interrupt people and make them become shallow and dispersive thinkers. Students have come to rely more and more on the internet because using search engines to get information is quicker and more direct than analyzing the information first. Due to distractions and interruptions, people lose the ability to think deeply and distinctively because their brains are not able to create powerful and extensive neural connections (Carr, 2010). In addition, the internet offers some new methods of plagiarism. Students can download free resources and turn in assignments without citations; they can even acquire online writing services by simply purchasing them and hand in papers as their own. The result is that students remember the easy and quick way of finding out what they need on the internet only, but spend less time on thinking independently. Over time, students’ thinking patterns can be changed by using the internet frequently and inappropriately.
Even though the internet offers rich educational material to students, it also provides other diverse
For the majority of people, it is difficult to imagine what life would be like without the internet. The world of education has also undergone tremendous change since the advent of the internet. It allows students to quickly obtain a vast amount of information on every subject. They also get the convenience of going to class and completing assignments, permitting them to schedule their time with great flexibility. The internet has become one of the easiest, fastest and most effective tools that can be used to explore and comprehend more about the world; however, it is not without problems. The uses of the internet by students changes their thinking patterns, distracts their attention and reduces their interpersonal skills.
First of all, let us consider that the internet and search engines make students become lazy in their thinking. Carr (2010) writes that the internet can distract and interrupt people and make them become shallow and dispersive thinkers. Students have come to rely more and more on the internet because using search engines to get information is quicker and more direct than analyzing the information first. Due to distractions and interruptions, people lose the ability to think deeply and distinctively because their brains are not able to create powerful and extensive neural connections (Carr, 2010). In addition, the internet offers some new methods of plagiarism. Students can download free resources and turn in assignments without citations; they can even acquire online writing services by simply purchasing them and hand in papers as their own. The result is that students remember the easy and quick way of finding out what they need on the internet only, but spend less time on thinking independently. Over time, students’ thinking patterns can be changed by using the internet frequently and inappropriately.
Even though the internet offers rich educational material to students, it also provides other diverse
References: Birdwell, A. F. (2012). Addicted to Phones? In N. E. Dollahite, & J. Haun, Sourcework: Academic Writing from Sources (pp. 195-196). Boston: Heinle/Cengage Learning. Carr, N. (2012). Does the Internet Make You Dumber? In N. E. Dollahite, & J. Haun, Sourcework: Academic Writing from Sources (pp. 196-197). Boston: Heinle/Cengage Learning.