The Importance Of Computer In Education

Register to read the introduction… Computer that connects to internet may give opportunity to students to communicate with their teacher without face-to-face in class. A teacher currently can teach students where ever the students are around the world. An obvious fact said by Anna, a school teacher, who found that her students did their researches on the internet and even they might be able to collaborate with other students who were in different place (qtd. in Roblyer, 2006). It has been argued by Light and Vivienne (1999) that the role of computer in education may possibly gives opportunity to interact between a teacher and his or her students and between one student and other students. Computer erases a distance and limit of time between a teacher and students to study, because they can do the teaching and learning process in anywhere and anytime with computer in front of them. Some teachers are convinced that communicating or interacting by using computer obviously can be a good way of learning (Light and Littleton, 1999). University teachers have actually applied this to their students since there are some courses that are provided in distance learning. Between teachers and students or between students themselves interact in distance by the use of computer that connect to internet as if they are in a …show more content…
Teleconference is one sort of distance interaction that is now being developed in order can be applied in educational setting. Online interactive which is assisted by computer may possibly help students to be able to communicate with the teacher as if they are talking face-to-face directly. It allows people to talk and to see each other while they are interacting (Norton and Sprague, 2001). It will be much more interesting for students as they are really attracted on computer. Another role of computer in communication can be shown by the use of "chat" activity. It allows people from all around the world to interact in one time, in many different channels, with many different people (Norton and Sprague, 2001). Chat may also help students who cannot express their ideas of something face-to-face with their teacher. Computer, as a tool of communication, can also be used to send mail electronically. Norton and Sprague has asserted (2001) that computer is able to send and receive message in what is well known as e-mail. The use of e-mail may allow a teacher have opportunity to talk to his or her students about a topic of discussion privately without has to be face-to-face as how it has been proved in University of Newcastle in its course of Computer in education which it comes in a model of distance learning (Postgraduate Course Information of the Faculty of