...by increased use of the internet have several social and economic implications for different aspects of people’s life. An analysis of the impacts of the internet demands a close examination of its influence on education, culture and social life, entertainment and economy among others. The subject itself is highly debatable due to the conflicting perceptions that people have of the implications of the internet. For some, its use is associated with free access to information and enhanced economic growth while others consider that the technology leads to undesirable consequences such as cultural erosion and cyber crimes (Bughin et al., 2011). Therefore, any attempt to argue that the internet...
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...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...
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...Impact of Internet on Global Spread of Education A TERM PAPER IN INTERNATIONAL MARKETING By Ankush Bassi & Manoj Kr. Gupta Roll No.s: S-017 & S-048 2nd Year, 2nd Semester HYPOTHESIS The following hypothesis is to be tested in this term paper: 1. Internet is changing the way education is being delivered across the world 2. Higher education will vigorously adopt new teaching approaches 3. Change in general viewpoint on distance education. 4. Influence of university location will be affected – bricks to click. 5. Collaborative learning will be on increase. INTRODUCTION The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise — with the occasion. -Abraham Lincoln, December 1, 1862 As connection speeds increase and the ubiquity of the Internet pervades, digital content reigns. And in this era, free education has never been so accessible. The Web gives lifelong learners the tools to become autodidacts, eschewing exorbitant tuition and joining the ranks of other self-taught great thinkers in history such as Albert Einstein, Alexander Graham Bell, Paul Allen and Ernest Hemingway. “Learning is not a product of schooling but the lifelong attempt to acquire it.” -Albert Einstein 10 years ago in April 2001, Charles M. Vest, the MIT President at the time, announced that the university would make its materials for all its courses freely available on the Internet...
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...and U.S. Problem It is hard to imagine a home without a cell phone, computer or internet access. Yet, this happens; not just in developing countries, but here in the United States. This is often referred to as the digital divide. When a country’s citizens do not have access to or utilize digital technologies, it will negatively impact their education and economic stability. Digital divide being defined as the gap between those who can use information technology effectively and those who cannot is just one of a range of discrepancies, national and international, urban and rural, rich and poor, which afflicts low income country’s (Brooks, S., et al, 2005, Pg. 270). The digital divide impacts more than just one’s ability to shop online. Not having access to the latest technologies greatly impacts a countries survival. By increasing access to important and educational information through electronic resources a country can impact its economic future and growth. If citizens are afforded access to improved educational resources, they will benefit by developing a well-educated workforce (Brooks, S., et al, 2005, Pg. 270). Achieving this access to technology and supporting education will need to be made available to all. Before we look at this issue in the United States, let’s take a look at the issue from a more global perspective. There have been numerous studies focused on the impact that access to technology can have on developing countries. Heather Hudson studied...
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...October 2013 Education Has a New Face A revolution in education caused by the expansion of what is called Massive Open Online Courses, or MOOCs, has brought change to higher education. MOOCs are online courses that are provided by some of the world’s prestigious universities, such as Stanford and Harvard, and that offer high quality learning at no cost. MOOCs classes are available for anyone around the globe with an access to the internet and a smart phone, tablet, or a computer. This phenomenon has spread in the virtual world and found success, and like any new concept, it will have side effects in which will be positive, such as spreading education, and negative, such as posing a threat to other education institutes. Internet revolution is the major cause of the expansion of the MOOCs. Tim Todd, education editor at the Financial Review, stated that “The internet revolution has moved to education as top universities worldwide rush to put free courses online, setting up so-called massive open online courses or MOOCs.” The internet is the median that is facilitating the access to MOOCs by students that are located anywhere on the planet. The barriers of time zone, geographical distant, and financial status have been reduced in the way of education. The way MOOCs are presented and accessed caused thousands of students worldwide to sign up and join the education train. Some of the top universities in the US realized the potential power of online education so they cooperated...
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...The Impact of Technology on the Education Industry by I. Wiggan September 27, 2011. Technology is the development over time of systematic techniques for making and doing things (Britannica Encyclopedia, 2001). According to the oxford dictionary; education is the process of training a person’s mind so that they can acquire knowledge. The combination of education and technology has been considered the main key to human progress. Education feeds technology, which in turn forms the basis for education (Fodje, 2006). The acquiring of knowledge allowed man to develop technological aid to make life easier. To date this same technology has impacted on the education industry in Jamaica. Technology has made a mark on Jamaica over the years; it is the fuel that drives Jamaica’s education industry at every level. Jamaica’s education model has four levels through which an individual can access or receive a formal education: Early Childhood Education; Primary Education; Secondary Education and Tertiary Education. At each stage of learning, technology has made a mark on students’ educational pursuits. At the Elementary stage of education, children between the ages of 2 – 6 years old are taught using audio visual aids. These are referred to as educational software; examples leapfrog and ‘my baby can read.’ These technological tools allow children to respond to audio and visual educational material. These mechanisms are tailored to gain the attention of children so that they learn prescribed...
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...Technology’s effect on education Justin W. Campbell University of Maryland University College The effects of technology are evident in just about every area of our lives. Technology impacts the way we do our finances and how we receive our entertainment; however, one of the most impacted areas is that of education. Within education the effects of technology are seen in both positive and negative ways. On the positive side, technology has provided new and innovative tools that enhance the learning experience. On the negative side, technology has added a level of distraction and has opened up a new horizon in the realm of academic dishonesty. The impact of technology on education is a double edged sword that can benefit academia while also hurting academia in the same swing. Before the influx of technological advances, a student’s access to empirical research was limited to brick and mortar repositories of information, the library. When faced with a research project students needed to appropriately allocate their time resources in order to physically visit a traditional library, scour catalogues of reference data, transcribe their notes (in handwriting) and then return home to write their paper; all the while, hoping that they have all the information needed. Additionally students were at the mercy of their local library to have the timeliest resources available as many smaller libraries would be horribly outdated (McCoy, 2014). Now in the age of technology, students...
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...researchgate.net/publication/236669025 Impact of Smartphone's on Society ARTICLE in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH · FEBRUARY 2013 Impact Factor: 0.74 CITATIONS READS 7 50,697 2 AUTHORS, INCLUDING: Tariq Rahim Soomro Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Scien… 48 PUBLICATIONS 36 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE Available from: Tariq Rahim Soomro Retrieved on: 28 September 2015 European Journal of Scientific Research ISSN 1450-216X / 1450-202X Vol. 98 No 2 March, 2013, pp.216-226 http://www.europeanjournalofscientificresearch.com Impact of Smartphone’s on Society Muhammad Sarwar Department of Information Technology, SZABIST Dubai, United Arab Emirates E-mail: sarwar.baloch@gmail.com Tel: +971-50-5055285; Fax: +971-2-4045110 Tariq Rahim Soomro Corresponding Author, College of Engineering & Information Technology Al Ain University of Science & Technology, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates E-mail: tariq.soomro@aau.ac.ae Tel: +971-3-7024883; Fax: +971-3-7024777 Abstract The intention of this study is to investigate how Smartphone‘s are impacting the society and also how Smartphone‘s are going to transform the culture, social life, technology landscape and other diverse aspects of modern society. The intention of this study is to understand all the positive and negative aspects of Smartphone on the society. The study will primarily focus on impact of Smartphone on business, education, health sectors, human psychology and social...
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...As everyone can see technology and education are mixing together, many steps have been taken to get all the useful technology in the right direction for the development of education. As long as the government focuses on educational policies, as it has been done still with perfection, the technology that is taking over our world will continue to aid today’s students and the students of tomorrow to excel and assist our country and the world to reach the heights never seen by anyone before. With help from students’ parents and hard work, teacher’s willingness to teach, and technology’s further advancements, education will become a friend of technology and will help creating opportunities for themselves and others to learn. The main thing to understand about the revolutionary increase of technology in education is that it is not an event taking place but it is an ongoing evolution. Simultaneously with the rewards given to us there are some consequences to it also. As when the calculator became popular there were some concerns raised that children no longer need to study math. Many students were kicked out of schools for being caught with a calculator and using a calculator was considered cheating. The calculator has changed its status from being a crutch that does all our work, to a useful tool to increase our productivity. Another example of technological tool is computer which has the same kind of story as the calculator. There was a discussion recently, on whether or not the...
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...phishing, cyber-stalking, and the use of malware. Criminal activities are of course, unethical, and cyber-crimes are no exception. It is a problem plaguing our society, and people have to be diligent to avoid being attacked and exploited. “It seems that everything relies on computers and the internet now — communication, entertainment, transportation (car engine systems, airplane navigation), shopping, and medicine (equipment, medical records). How much of your daily life relies on computers? How much of your personal information is stored either on your own computer or on someone else's system? Cyber security involves protecting that information by preventing, detecting, and responding to attacks” (US CERT, 2013). Today, we’ll look at an ethical approach (Reynolds' Seven-Step Ethical Decision-Making Approach) to develop protective measures that could help in mitigating cyber-crimes Ethically, cyber-crimes really boil down to what’s right and wrong. Deontological theories focus on the right action, doing the right thing, no matter the consequences. All humans on this planet have a deontological duty to do what’s right for fellow man; and committing crimes over the internet is clearly wrong. It is a basic duty of existence to treat others how you would want to be treated, and I’m sure that no one wants their identity stolen. I’m sure that the cyber-actors committing these cyber-crimes aren’t thinking about their ethical duties to mankind, but maybe, these crimes...
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...Background Introduction The internet is a global linking of computers that allows information transfer. The internet was established in the early 1960’s by the U.S Department of Defense primarily for military purposes. Since then the continual improvement of internet technology has provided an extraordinary level of public accessibility to a wide range forms of communication. Due to the development once spread of cheaper and more user-friendly computer and technology software, the use of internet has increase dramatically. Internet surfing is very useful to the lives of people. It is either a good or bad influence. It depends on how you manage of using it. These advantages or disadvantages occur on the actions we done. As internet surfing crosses the lives of many people, we teenagers usually become addicted to it. Most of them spend time on internet. The addiction leads to destruction to the academic performance of a person. In result, that person fails to comply the requirements given with him. This kind of access on the internet that we have makes our life easier. It makes our life easier (especially to students who needs information) and saves a lot of time. It also enables us to know and be updated on what is the current happening of the world. Internet is more efficient and quick. It is also a way of communicating another people. The internet has brought a lot of people closer together. There are many benefits associated with internet use such us access to need information...
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...Effects of Internet addiction on Education Internet is an interconnection of hundred and thousands to provide global information thus a framework that provides many services and as a medium of creativity and innovation (Khan & Cerf, 1999) by this fact like many other substance it has an effect of addiction and in this essay it will at length and extensively the effects of Internet addiction on Education. Young and Nabuco de A brue (2010) states that cybersex, video gaming, gambling addiction as major addictive Internet services this among other like social networking and Internet telephony are common to young people who are aged between 6-18 and are school going. Once a learner is addicted to Internet like any other substance 70% of their mind is always away from the learning environment making them loose concentration and in advance cases miss educational lessons. Due to the variety of services on the Internet we have those that support the education system by providing research material and information to a learner but unfortunately this are not addictive since one has the information needed they tend to be certified unlike video gaming, social network where there is always a second person who keeps you there. Internet Gambling can make a learner waste a lot of financial resource and learning time on the Internet making at one point the learner depressed and in strain to get finances Young and Nabuco de A brue (2010). Social network have made many young people to...
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...what impacts could it be? According to Word Power Dictionary, globalization comes from word globalize which means develop (business, society, etc.) so as to make international influence or action possible. Other than that, globalization can be define as the increasing connectivity and interdependence of the world’s economies, societies, and cultures because of advances in communications, technology, trade, international investment movement of currency, and migration. In my opinion, technology is the big roles or function that brings the globalization. Same as Kenichi Ohmea words, globalization as a borderless world seeks to change the world into a single unit only. This process is easier with the advances in communication technology. There are numerous ways in which globalization has impacted the world. The globalization has impacted on education, economic, culture, language, food and others. Globalization also means the phenomenon that makes the world seem smaller in terms of human relations due to the speed of development of information technology. Human easily get information and difficult to filter the negative elements that permeate the hearts and minds. Some terms such as “borderless worlds” and “open skies” make such as trade, the development of political and economic power towards the development of civilization. Education is the process of receiving and giving systematic instruction, especially at school and university. There are positive and negative impacts of globalization...
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...In her book of “Education on the Internet", Jill H. Ellsworth proclaims that the Internet is a powerful releaser of emotion, motivation, and engagement for students. A way to communicate around the world, it can make any project more dynamic, and more interesting. Both teachers and students can be invigorated by the freshness and immediacy of the Net. The Internet is a good resource, but until there are books and other needed resources the Internet is a frill. Access to up-to-date information from around the world may assist in a lesson but Barrett L. Mosbacker expresses concerns when the Net takes on "a messianic quality". If we encourage students to become addicted to continuously get bits of information from it, free of context and logical coherence, they will be ill-equipped for the rational dialog and analysis required for citizens in a civil and literate culture. Modern technology cannot substitute for a thorough reading of the great classics in literature, philosophy, and political history. Being technologically advanced and sophisticated is not the same thing as being literate and civilized. The quality of information on the Internet should not be taken at face value. Information is not "true" simply because it is on the Net. Educators can utilize the Internet to teach how to evaluate information, judge what is credible and what is false. There are several positive and negative impacts of the Internet on education. It helps education in that when someone is curious about...
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...The Impact of the Internet Have you ever wondered how the internet has evolved, where it’s headed, and how it’s affected the world we live in? The truth is it has transformed drastically over time. It has reformed the way we communicate, how we receive our education, and not to mention how health careers have improved because of it. Initially, the internet has changed how we as societies communicate, interact, live, work and play. The internet is used virtually by everyone who has access to a computer. It has changed how fast information gets from place to place, like emailing and chatting with one another. Once someone emails or sends an IM to an legit email it is received instantly. Social media is a big part of everyone’s life, from young to old. We have also been introduced to web cams. With web cams and the internet we can actually communicate and see the person we’re talking to. People can use Skype or ooVoo to see someone who is 200,000 miles across the world. The internet is now taking the place of mail, magazines, and newspapers. Overall the internet has become essential to almost everyone’s daily life. Furthermore, the Internet has impacted and will continue to impact education and health related fields. The invention of iPods, smartphones, tablets, iPads, and e-readers, has made it easier and convenient for students. Students can now buy books offline, and look up information very quickly, all at their fingertips. School systems are also putting iPads and tablets...
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