In schools and colleges with networks, teachers use internal e-mail to send memos and reports, arrange meetings and pick up a daily bulletin. People take part in discussions on thousands of topics. They keep abreast of news or find out what others think about teaching or subject matters. Learners and teachers exchange ideas and information with experts and peers. Unlike real conferences, an Internet conference can bring together like minds regardless of distance, income, age or ability and it goes on all the time.
People obtain learning resources and information.
Anytime, anything, anywhere are the keywords here and often much of what is available is free of charge. People publish their ideas, their thesis, their family history, their school home page at negligible cost and without the need for printing presses and publishing houses. How learners use the Internet Take a group of secondary school pupils working on an English project called 'For or Against Zoos'. The task is to produce some leaflets arguing each case to sway readers one way or the other. On the Internet they visit zoo sites and natural history museums, going to places pre-selected by their teacher, to find relevant information and pictures.