Internet: Does It Really Bring Added Value to Education?

Guglielmo Trentin
Educational Technology Review, Autumn 1996, No 6, p. 10-13

The boom in Internet and its increasingly widespread use in schools have highlighted the need to define the most effective ways of realizing its educational potential. In fact, the added value which telematics may bring to educational processes is strictly linked to how it is used. The potential lies not so much in substituting the telephone or mail service, nor even in offering an efficient system for the mass distribution of information, but rather in the capacity to create new forms of interaction and collaborative learning involving both teachers and students.

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