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奥鹏远程教育中心助学服务部 福师《大学英语（1）》第一课 Higher Education课堂笔记 Online Education 网络教育 Surfing on the Internet is no longer something strange. To some extent, it is becoming part of our daily life. We can do a lot of things online, such as searching for information and communicating with friends no matter how far. But recently another useful online service has become very popular. That is online education, which is also called distance education. It helps students who take classes by computer over the Internet to learn certain courses and earn a degree. 浏览互联网（对我们而言）已不再陌生。在一定程度上，它正成为我们日常生活的一部分。我们可以在网 上做很多事情，例如寻找信息及和朋友沟通，不管相距多远。但近来另一项有用的在线服务很受欢迎。这就是 网络教育，也被称为远程教育。它有助于学生用计算机通过因特网上课学习一些课程，并获得学位。 The reasons why online education is so popular within such a short period of time are as follows: First, online education can save learners time and money. We can just click our way into education, communication, and information without leaving the house. Second, online education is very convenient. There is no physical limitation to time and space. There are so many subjects and time frames offered to us to choose. The classes are highly interactive, where students communicate with each other and their teachers. Some classes may require students to all log in at the same time so they can attend live lectures by a professor. Third, the Internet is informative. The information it stores in the lately 20 years is more than what human being has recorded in the past 2000 years. It is just like a 24hour library, which enables us to search for the right information we need by simply typing in some key words. 为何网络教育在这么短的时间内如此受欢迎呢？原因有以下几点。第一，网络教育可以节省学习者的时间 和金钱。我们足不出户，点击 （鼠标）即可受教育、互通音信和获取信息。第二，网络教育非常方便,没有时间 和空间的实际限制，并且有这么多科目和框架提供给我们选择。班级是高度互动的，学生可以和他们的老师及 其他人互相沟通。一些班级，可要求学生在同一时间登录，使他们能够参加教授的现场讲座。第三，互联网信 息量大。在最近20 年来它存储的信息多于我们人类在过去2 000 年来记录的