The Importance of the Internet in Higher Education in Distance Learning

This report explores the importance of the internet in higher education and its role in distance learning. It discusses the benefits of internet access for students, including affordable education, global interaction, easy access to quality education, and support in improving skills. The report also provides recommendations for better utilization of the internet in education.

TASK 1 THE IMPORTANCE
OF THE INTERNET IN
HIGHER EDUCATION IN
DISTANCE LEARNING

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
The importance and benefits of internet on eduction can be further elaborate with:..................3
3.Easy access to quality education...................................................................................................6
Recommendation.........................................................................................................................7
CONCULSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Internet is the most important things nowadays that is uses all over the world. Surfing on
internet help students to learn new things for their educations and to develop their skills and
growth in a particular filed. Internet help higher eduction students in their research work and
projects that are prepared under the professor guideline (Aldowah and et.al., 2017).
In this report, importance of internet in higher eduction and assist students to learn new
things around the world with low price and quality education that develop their academic skills
with updated information. Hence, some recommendation for better use for students in 21st
century through internet.
MAIN BODY.
Nowadays Importance of internet in education is very important for studies and gaining
knowledge through various sources to enhance develop their education and skills. As most of the
universities and collages are depended on internet through online classes and projects.
Importance of internet in education assist students in easier way to research the things. Student
uses internet with their needs and interest.
The importance and benefits of internet on eduction can be further elaborate with:
1. Affordable eduction with Cost effective : It is one of the most important factor that
enhance education of students. Through internet, it helps student to learn high developed
courses which can be learned from top universities and collages with the best faculties.
The barrier to higher eduction is the cost of studies which are not affordable by every
student to learn from top universities. Through internet, cost and quality of eduction has
improved and makes eduction affordable for students that want to learn from top
universities (Dong, and et.al., 2017). The sustainable development of eduction in country
has been one of the reason through internet eduction that improve the quality of eduction
through learning from various sources and universities. Internet eduction involve live
lecture from the universities, recorded videos for example: YouTube or education sites
like EDX which are quite affordable to learn when it compares to universities program
learning.
It also helps professor and students to interact properly from anywhere and anytime. Contact
with their professor and their collage mates is help students to solve their problems,
communicate with other for problems through social media, messaging apps like Facebook or

through LinkedIn. Whereas, parents can also interact with their professor to know the
performance of their children. Distance learning for those students who are unable to attain the
all the lecture in collage can attain their classes through online lecture and videos that are
provided with universities through their portals (Kassab, DeFranco, and Laplante, 2020). For
example: During the Covid-19 when no universities open for students, lecture are conducted
through online with the help of internet with apps like Google Meet and Zoom. Internet help
students to learn more of sources through online website to continue their eduction and skills
development. This online lecture are very cost effective and quality eduction that were provided
by Top universities through educational apps like EDX or through top universities like Harvard
and Oxford.
2. Interaction with global world : Internet help students to know about new things through
social media and help students to development their knowledge and skills in various
fields. These help students to remain updated with the things around the world with the
help of internet and using of social apps like Twitter and Facebook which shows tones of
new things and help to learn in students educations. Internet allow students to know about
new things and gain in-depth knowledge of new things (Humer, and et.al., 2020). Projects
and research assist students to know details about the particular studies which are
prepared by top writer and professors. Students research projects work are mostly assist
students for preparing project with authentic sources like blogs or articles or can be
through online books that are available on website. Students can connect with any
professor at anytime and anywhere with the help of internet and social media. However,
new educations courses which are offered by different universities can be known through
surfing on internet that help to learn new skills and build a strong carrier in particular
field.
On the other hand, Internet assist student to remain updated in the changing world with lots of
new stuff that is on internet. It also helps to searcher for jobs and interns that are required by
every student before their jobs (Maurya, Patel and Sharma, 2018). Nowadays, online internships
and jobs are also started by companies due to less cost and expense in nature. For
example:online internships are available by companies majorly from IT sector that is
independently done from anywhere. OR students can be easily approached through various
collages admission and their programs that are available on their website and portals.

3. Easy access to quality education
Internet carries a huge scope in catering quality education to individual. In today's era where
internet has explored all over the world. In every single functional direction internet is being
consuming by society. Through internet there are plenty of online mediums has been established
that are catering to quality education and knowledge to students across the globe. Internet could
overcome the differences between university and students (Keser and Semerci, 2019). Today a
student do not need to go to college to gain quality knowledge. Even by staying at home it can
take classes from top class universities and colleges. The distance between student and college
could over shadow due to availability of internet. For example programs like distance learning
are a key example of this aspect. Almost every single university is active over distance learning
platform in order to expand the reach of quality education they cater to students.
Today the time is reached where education is not only about to memorize the topics rather this is
about to make student understand the detail about topic and the depth knowledge related to the
topic. Internet could also access to digital e learning classes where every topic has been
converted into lectures that enable video oriented learning styles. This aspect of internet could
cater positive results in society where student started taking more interest in getting proper
knowledge and education (Dittmar and Eilks, 2019). For example every school and university at
a global level has switched to video streaming mode to deliver quality education to students. This
could make the learning more interesting and qualitative. Along with internet helping the student
to gain quality knowledge it also makes student ready to face the modern age challenges. Today
the world has switched to internet accessible technology that required quality education and
efficiency of the student. With the support of internet schools and colleges started running
various campaigns that could offer the best level of reliable knowledge and standards. It can
clearly state that internet has changed the dimension of education as a whole which generated the
best quality of results to make students more engaging and efficient.
4. Support in improving skills: Internet not only supported the quality education among the
students at a global level but also it could allow the student to gain skills. In today's time
the world has changed significantly and in such a situation being a professional or student
to achieve success having skill is the much required term. Internet could make this aspect
of academics more accessible. Internet could allow the students to develop different hard
and soft skills that can allow to cater the best quality of work. In every university and

school management give emphasis over developing skills of students. Internet could
provide suitable material of all the quality literature written over developing skills and
cherishing the individual capability of student. Internet has also supported the students
belong to backward economic class to grow the skill and efficiency (Anggraeni, 2018).
Even the people belong to backward economic class can learn how to develop or grow
different hard and soft skills with access to fast internet connection. For example platform
like digital learning or you tube support student with videos of professionals over
improving skills. This guide student in right direction where they can not only gain
knowledge but also understand the practices that will cherish the respective skill
continuously.
5. Help in updating the information of student: Internet has supported massively to student
where they can search over the platform about all the updates in different areas and fields.
They can access all the modified information related to any topic or area of study.
Diversification of internet has empowered to education in such way that today the
education is not only limited with schools or colleges rather it go beyond that
(Sallafranque-St-Louis and Normand, 2017). People are not part of certain university or
institute can gain quality knowledge through internet over video learning platforms. This
also supported the people to update their knowledge and information about a certain
topic. Internet made this possible where people are capable enough to keep their eye over
latest topics and area of study.
Recommendation
It is recommended that majority of online learning platform are chargeable. Online
learning platform are expensive and charge huge amount in form of fees. If the platform charge
minimum fees this will make learning more accessible and useful. Government can also initiate
in form of subsidy over these platforms so that poor students can also gain knowledge and
information over these platforms. This initiate will improve the quality education in country and
also boost the sustainability in the society. Majority of online platforms are only keen with
catering knowledge related to certain academic topic (Jan and et.al., 2018). It is recommended
that there must be a certain platform that only focus to improve skill both hard and soft. Today
internet is only capable enough to deliver quality knowledge but when it comes to test the
knowledge or information of student there is not such any specific service available. Government

can also prioritize this area where students can test how much the knowledge they could gain
through internet. This will also favour the student to achieve high standards to use internet in
quality education. Over internet there are plenty of fraudulent sites where false information is
available for students. Government must take immediate actions to ban such platforms so that
students can only get access to useful sites in order to achieve the best academic standards. It is
recommended that for students accessing internet is also very costly. There can be a scheme
launched by government where student can get access to internet over a minimum cost. This will
further improve the scale of quality education due to more availability of internet for students.
CONCULSION
This report concludes that internet assist higher eduction students for the carrier growth
with high quality and low cost effective that can be afforded by any students and learn with top
most universities like Harvard and Oxford. As, internet have tonne of information that help
student to develop their skills and growth in carrier by connecting with new people through
social media like LinkedIn and Facebook. It also helps to remain updated in changing world with
detail information and some recommendations for improving the quality eduction through
internet with the help of government and institutions.

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