Technology provides opportunities for students to learn new skills. Technology can be used to assist students in thinking critically. It teaches students to discern between fact and opinion. Music Technology enables students to demonstrate their mastery of concepts which reveals to the instructor their understanding of basic concepts. Providing some information on the web frees class time for in-depth learning.
Technology can aid students in becoming independent learners.
It allows students to determine how much they wish to get out of a course and act accordingly. Email, bulletin boards, chat rooms and web pages can be used to facilitate communication among students and instructor during collaboration on projects. Technology provides enhanced capturing of information, and editing options, which facilitates transformation of ideas for projects. With electronic resources available 24 hours a day, students are not restricted by the availability of the professor Course web pages can be used to display sample projects. The learning environment can be extended beyond the classroom with technology.