Why internet-based education?
- Authors
- Type
- Published Article
- Journal
- Frontiers in Psychology
- Publisher
- Frontiers Media SA
- Publication Date
- Jan 21, 2015
- Volume
- 5
- Identifiers
- DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01530
- Source
- Frontiers
- Keywords
- Disciplines
- License
- Green
Abstract
This essay illustrates five ways that Internet-based higher education can capitalize on fundamental principles of learning. Internet-based education can enable better mastery through distributed (shorter, more frequent) practice rather than massed (longer, less frequent) practice; it can optimize performance because it allows students to learn at their peak time of their day; it can deepen memory because it requires cheat-proof assignments and tests; it can promote critical thinking because it necessitates intellectual winnowing and sifting; and it can enhance writing skills by requiring students to write frequently and for a broad audience.