... peer-to-peer interaction. With the "Open Courseware Initiative" that is being developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, course materials and notes are being published online in the form of a massive knowledge base that will be publicly accessible to the entire world. The goal is to get all ... that all schools, large and small, will have access to the same well of information. From that, you will see entire courses being taught online. Classes will become virtual and schools themselves will simply be reduced to their domain names. In my area of concentration, Astronautics, t...

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... for information in thick thousand-page books. The process of learning has gone beyond learning from textbooks to a much larger and easier storage unit of information. Computers allow for taking notes faster during class and being able to organize them in anyway you choose. They allow for faster research and faster learning capabilities. Not only are computers beneficial to students but ... they are also beneficial to teachers. Online education, such as this class, has revolutionized the education industry. Computer technology has made the dream of distance learning a reality. Education,...

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