Learning mode and content is reshaped by the emergence and evolution of technology in digital age. So it is with the serious higher education.
Higher education is no longer limited to classroom lectures and seminars. It is valuable in that it constructs communities for practice after class both in the real world and on virtual internet. That's how we can compose romantic stories with group members in SocialText; we read assignments and post our ideas and paper in iLearn; we exchange ideas and reflections in Blogger...
The marriage of technology and higher education makes educational resources more attractive. Images slideshows, videos, and interactive flash tutorials are not just powerful multimedia tools but more effective and efficient teaching and learning ways.
Technology also facilitates the publication of higher education resources. Universities like MIT upload the lectures of hundreds of courses online for people all over the world to read and learn for FREE.
Higher educational in digital age is more dimensional and flexible.
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I agree. In addition to being a great tool for higher education, it's also a great tool for just dealing with everyday situations.
ReplyDeleteFor example, if I'm trying to figure out how to change the settings in my computer, it's much faster to google keywords for what I'm trying to do than to use the actual help screen.
Maybe not everything in the search results are helpful, but you can find the forums where other people have had similar questions that were resolved. A quick attempt at the resolution easily let me know whether the advice was relevant and worthwhile. And, since the advice is rated by other people looking for the same answers, I could filter out anything that might not be relevant.
We have a storehouse of expertise that we can draw upon at a moment's notice!