Introduction: (Critical) history of ICT in education - and where we are heading? The use of computers in education is much more a series of failures than success stories. I agree with Erik Duval that in general‚ in a large scale the impact of technology on the way people learn have been minimal. In open distant learning and military training (simulations) there are examples of success‚ but these models do not fit very well to school and university context. So‚ I wouldn’t call them “good examples”
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Nowadays everybody is talking about the internet‚ a century creation‚ which has converted the whole world into a single home. The use of internet has turned our lives to be much easier and comfortable. It is found that in 1990s the adolescents used the internet primarily for entertainment but at present they use it for interpersonal communication. Opportunities for youths to form‚ maintain and develop relationships on the internet have multiplied in the past few years. Along with the increase in
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WITHIN a few months China will overtake America as the country with the world’s largest number of internet users. Even when you factor in (include s/t as a relevant element when making a decision) China’s size and its astonishing rate of GDP growth‚ this will be a remarkable achievement for what remains a poor economy. For the past three years China has also been the world’s largest exporter of information and communications technology (ICT). It already has the same number of mobile-phone users
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Internet usage and gender digital divide in a Romanian students’ sample (Codoban‚ 2005) This research focuses on analyzing gender differences in technology adoption and internet usage. As the global penetration rate of the internet increases‚ the tendency towards the narrowing of gender digital divide increases. Previous studies have shown that there is no gender difference in internet use in the USA and a rapid rise in the proportion of female internet users in China. From the study findings‚
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2013.11.26 Internet addiction Internet addiction is a growing problem for the whole world: estimates show that from 5 to 10 % of world population have this problem. Internet addiction is defined as any online-related‚ compulsive behavior which interferes with normal living and causes severe stress on family‚ friends‚ loved ones‚ and one’s work environment (Johnson‚ 2009). Internet addiction has been called Internet dependency and Internet compulsivity. On one hand‚ Internet should not
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Internet penetration in Malaysia has increased steadily in the past 10 years‚ either through computers or mobile phones. Internet penetration refers to the percent of the population using the internet. It clearly means the number of people in Malaysia that have been using the internet since the internet was introduced to Malaysia in 1995. From that point on the internet usage of Malaysians has increased rapidly since 1995. Internet penetration in Malaysia has been divided into two groups. That is
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Introduction "The number of the Internet users worldwide has reached the two billion mark"‚ according to the UN’s telecommunication agency‚ "and nearly one person in three surfs online‚ with the world’s population exceeding 6.8 million". The Internet is becoming more and more essential in our daily life. However‚ the problems of study‚ work and leisure which rely on the Internet are becoming increasingly serious. Under the circumstances‚ people should find solutions to make Internet more academic reliable
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Internet From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search This article is about the public worldwide computer network system. For other uses‚ see Internet (disambiguation). "Computer culture" redirects here. For other uses‚ see Cyberculture. |Internet | |[pic] | |A visualization of routing paths through a portion of the Internet.
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Children and the Internet There are repercussions when children get on the internet‚ because the internet influences them in many ways. The internet has become a popular technology in the past years. People are able to play‚ work‚ listen to songs‚ videos‚ texting‚ chatting and even watch movies. All this technology can be harmful not only to adults but can be brutal to children by being so nieve to this technology. The internet has many characteristics‚ which involve hospitals‚ schools‚ banks and
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Newspapers and Internet The mass media is an important part of our life. Now it is an information era. Everyone may get information from the media daily‚ such as news papers‚ TV‚ radio and the Internet. Over 55 million newspapers are circulated a day. Many people are accustomed to reading a newspaper when they eat breakfast or spend their spare time. However‚ more recently‚ with the Internet exposure‚ more and more people would rather surf the Internet to find information than read newspapers
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