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Critical Assessment of the World Wide Web as an Information Resource in Higher Education: Benefits, Threats, and Recommendations
The resources provided by the Internet and in particular the World Wide Web are considered to be extremely important in higher education as it moves towards a learner-centered approach. However, the use of the Web presents a series of problems and drawbacks that need to be carefully analyzed before being used in a classroom environment. This paper reports on our experiences in the use of the Internet in Engineering and proposes methods for its appropriate use in higher education in technical fields.
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- Material Type:
- Open (Access) Journal-Article
- Date Added to MERLOT:
- May 13, 2014
- Date Modified in MERLOT:
- May 13, 2014
- Authors:
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Albert Lozano-Nieto,
Pennsylvania State University
Enrique Guijarro, Valencia Polytechnic University
Enrique J. Berjano, Valencia Polytechnic University - Submitter:
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Barbra Bied Sperling
- Primary Audience:
- College Lower Division, College Upper Division, Graduate School, Professional
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- Language:
- English
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This work is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States
