Web Research Skills University graduates will need to evaluate and organize huge amounts of information that technology puts at their fingertips. Students should know how to determine which information is legitimate, valuable, and appropriate. Internet and Email have changed the way people communicate with each other. The power of the Internet as a communication tool is only understood when it is actually utilized. The Internet provides a new media for both synchronous and asynchronous communication.
Web chats allow people to get together and discuss common issues.
Discussion groups on the other hand allows communication asynchronously, where people can post messages on a common matter, and get replies later on. Both techniques are important and open up new domains for collecting information. For example support groups in very specialized issues are becoming more and more common and hyper useful. The Internet has changed the way we do business, the way we teach, and it will continue to do so. Students must be exposed to this media, understand its different dimensions, and have a feeling of its potential.