As more and more educators make use of new information technologies, their benefits become more evident. In this work I plan to illuminate some of the advantages of using new information technologies in education, as well of some of its inherent shortcomings. For example, Coach University is an on-line education service, providing students with an entire education via the Internet. There are many advantages to this notion of a virtual classroom. In considering this, Thomas J. Leonard, founder of Coach University, has noted a top 10 list of unique features and benefits of the virtual classroom.
Students can learn from the best instructors and experts.
With the Internet and large virtual classrooms, this demand for quality can be met. Students will not mind the class size-they just want the best instructors. Students from over 100 countries can be in the same virtual classroom. The world is getting smaller when you can now have students from 100 countries in the same classroom. Students and faculty alike can learn and teach from home or from Bermuda.