As we know, especially with the application of internet to education, the basic services such as BBS, Netnews and WWW are provided. In addition, WebTitle, namely, interactive courseware on the web, is being developed by the Regional Network Center such as National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung. Comprehensive quiz banks and databases are also resources for K-12 teachers and students to access. Other services such as Internet Relay Chat, Archie, gopher and FTP also developed on TaNet, a public medium helping to improve problem-solving in education. The creative content of courseware is diversified but basically directed toward local culture in the K-12 domain.
Native life is illustrated and thus make the students more aware of the world they live in.
Nevertheless, it goes without saying the most important characteristic of internet is globalization of information. We also introduce to the international society the local culture unique to Taiwan. That's because the connection of computer network offers share of global resources, breaking time and space limits. To cultivate teachers qualified for the K-12 program, the Ministry of Education entrusts the universities, especially the local centers, to set up training programs for seed teachers. Furthermore, to help more specialist teachers to engage themselves various interdisciplinary study in the application of internet to teaching, the local district centers hold short-term seminars or workshops.