New Technology, New Education

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Over the past decade, technology has been becoming ever more attached to our lives. It is everywhere, in one form or another, enhancing our lives and elevating us to a new dimension. As a result, students these days are required to work harder and harder to not be left behind in this highly developed civilization. Fortunately, technology also provides us with many new approaches to education, making studying ever more accessible, convenient, and efficient. First of all, technology, in terms of the Internet and computers, brings us an international network of communication, allowing us to easily access education regardless of where we are; thereby, many difficulties of traditional schooling regarding issues of time or distance are eliminated. Specifically, there is an increasing number of online courses offered by all sorts of educational establishments around the world, excluding compulsory education schools. They may be bachelor programs, vocational trainings or short-term courses for any kind of major or subject whatsoever. In addition to online schooling, self-study can also be supported by a wide variety of educational websites and forums, which give us advantages in exchanging and discussing our works with other learners without necessity for joining a club. Furthermore, as a modern substitute for paper books, e-books are now dramatically growing to become the preferable resource of the new generation. With an e-book, we can highlight main ideas, add sticky notes, or do anything we can do to a paper book in much more convenient and efficient ways. We can effortlessly navigate throughout the content with several simple clicks, instead of wasting time and energy turning hundreds of pages in a bulky book. Moreover, with a portable e-book reader, an Ipad, or any kind of gadget supporting reading e-book, we can bring a whole library of resources with us

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