چکیده:
This paper tries to examine the effects of Internet on educational opportunity. Internet, as the most useful technology of modern times which helps us not only in our daily lives but also in professional lives. For educational purposes, it is widely used to gather information and to do research or add to the knowledge of various subjects. The theoretical framework considered with some theories like information society. This is a survey –method research based on questionnaires. The study area, Tavanir, in the central part Tehran. For this purpose, 380 students of the study area have been examined based on Cochran`s formula who was selected through classified random sampling. Having gathered the data, SPSS software is used for data processing .The findings show that the significant relationship exists between Internet and educational opportunity`s indexes like, increase of awareness, virtual and online education and educational services. It means that Internet has direct impact on educational opportunities.
خلاصه ماشینی:
The use of technology in education would reduce training costs, save time, increase opportunities for teaching-learning, increase academic success, and offer quick access to information.
As technology advances, it is used to benefit to all the people but as the internet extend, it is basically at students’ services so it can be useful for students of all ages and different levels in the learning process.
It keeps us up to date with the latest information regarding the subjects in which we are interested The recent decade many researches are done about the ICTs functions but this article focuses on the effect of internet on educational opportunities among young people of Tehran.
2. Theoretical approach The present paper tries to survey about the impacts of internet on educational opportunities, for this purpose related theories of network society are chosen as the theoretical framework like Toffler, Castelles and Mitchell ) Mitchell, W.
Albert Sangrà and Mercedes González-Sanmamed (2010) in their investigation about the role of information and communication technologies in improving teaching and learning processes in primary and secondary schools listed important items and involves several studies from different methodological perspectives, and analyses the following: Attitudes, opinions, perception and assessment of teachers’ assumptions on the advantages of the use of technologies (Cope and Ward, 2002; Windschitl & Salh, 2002), teachers’ decisions regarding selection, use and evaluation of educational media (Solmon and Wiederhorn, 2000).