• DocumentCode
    3335386
  • Title

    Social issues in online education

  • Author

    Deng Xiaozhao ; Ruan Jianhai ; Zhang Ying

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., Southwest Univ., Chongqing, China
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    14-16 Aug. 2009
  • Firstpage
    956
  • Lastpage
    959
  • Abstract
    The article discusses the social issues in online education. When helping people to improve the learning environment, the Internet brings about lots of social issues, such as unfair access to education, cultural issues of the Internet in classrooms, un- adapted educational system, un-comprehensive development of learners, and loss of rights and so on. Several measures can be adopted for solving the social problems, including establishing the correct value orientation, intensifying the humanistic care of law, enhancing the humanistic care of ethic, and improving the learners´ information literacy.
  • Keywords
    Internet; computer aided instruction; education; Internet; humanistic care; information literacy; online education; Computer science education; Cultural differences; Educational technology; Electronic learning; IP networks; Information resources; Internet; Libraries; Natural languages; Social implications of technology;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    IT in Medicine & Education, 2009. ITIME '09. IEEE International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Jinan
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3928-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3930-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ITIME.2009.5236214
  • Filename
    5236214