That’s a pretty good question. I would say that they enhance the learning outcome in two ways. First, they can provide the necessary accessibility to certain knowledge that cannot be accessed in the physical form. For example, a university student might want to do a thesis paper on the 16th or 17th century philosopher or thinker. They cannot find the philosopher’s work in the public library or in their university library because it’s too old. It’s quite outdated, perhaps. They must inquire on the works of that philosopher through the internet, through perhaps some philosophy websites which collect different works from different eras of philosophy. On the other hand, the internet itself and other sorts of technology as well can provide the productive conversation, debate, and discussion on knowledge that would further enhance and expand the range of knowledge of the students and also stimulate their intellectual growth. For instance, I would use a different example. A political science student wants to talk about a societal movement that is currently prominent in Europe and they might talk to people on the internet about that, perhaps on a platform called Reddit or Quora or on Discord.
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That's a pretty good question. I would say that technology enhances learning outcomes in two ways. First, it can provide the necessary accessibility to certain knowledge that cannot be accessed in physical form. For example, a university student might want to do a thesis paper on a 16th or 17th century philosopher or thinker. They may not find the philosopher's work in the public library or in their university library because it's too old and quite outdated. They must inquire about the works of that philosopher through the internet, perhaps on some philosophy websites that collect different works from various eras of philosophy. On the other hand, the internet itself and other forms of technology can provide productive conversation, debate, and discussion on knowledge that further enhance and expand the range of knowledge for students and stimulate their intellectual growth. For instance, I would use a different example. A political science student wants to discuss a societal movement that is currently prominent in Europe, and they might talk to people on the internet about that, perhaps on a platform like Reddit, Quora, or Discord.
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