Computer World. Матросова Т.А. - 86 стр.

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electronically what they did physically in the past. The next few years will br ing
forward Web-based applications that were not even considered yesterday.
The most important thing to remember about a Web-based education system is
that, like conventional teaching aids such as videos and slide projectors, it cannot
teach the course on its own. It is not intended to replace the role of a teacher but
merely to act as a new form of educational tool.
Most types of classes can be put, in whole or in part, on the Web without any
great impact on the way the class is taught. Most ideal for the Web are courses that
emphasize in-depth coverage and discussion because these can be easily supported,
or given entirely, on the Web. Any course that involves extensive writing on the part
of the student would also be ideal because the student can share ideas and hand in
assignments rapidly using the Web.
It has been found that a Web-based classroom is more suitable in a learner-
centered role, meaning that if you make the course information available for the
students to go through at their own pace and provide facilities that allow
communication between the members of the class or the lecturers, you are
encouraging them to take more control of their own education. This approach differs
from the traditional method of education, where students sit in a large lecture theater,
dutifully write down a lecturer's words, and follow a course of learning suggested by
that lecturer. It is worth remembering that students brought up on this force-feeding
education method may have difficulty in adapting to any new method of education.
With careful design and appreciation of the students difficulties, however, you can
introduce students to a more effective and potentially satisfying way of learning using
a Web-based education system.
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MOVI NG BYTES
One of the biggest obstacles to buying a new PC is the drudgery of moving all
your programs, files and settings from the old machine to the new one. It can take
days to move every file using disks, then reinstall all your programs and re-create all
the preferences and settings you have built up over the years. You may also have to
download and reapply numerous patches and upgrades to your programs.
This is the sort of thing your operating system ought to handle with ease. But the
«Files and Settings Transfer Wizard» that Microsoft builds into Windows XP doesn't
even try to move software to a new machine. And I have never been able to get it to
work properly even for moving files and settings.
Techies, and those with techies in their employ, sometimes move the entire hard
disk from the old computer into the new one, configuring it as a secondary or «slave»
drive, from which data files, and even programs, with settings intact, can be accessed
as before. But this technique is beyond the knowledge and ability of mainstream
users.
Another option is to buy an external hard disk, attach it to your old PC, and copy
to it all of your key data files and settings – things such as your Web browser

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