https://blogs.dw.com/educationblog/?p=1489 Five bloggers, five countries: In this blog, young people from Iraq, Germany, Argentina, Russia and Kenya discuss the state of education in their home countries as well as their own experiences in the school system. Sun, 08 Jul 2012 20:05:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://blogs.dw.com/educationblog/?p=1489#comment-283 Sun, 24 Jun 2012 16:53:33 +0000 http://blogs.dw.com/educationblog/?p=1489#comment-283 I totally agree with you, Pavel.

]]> https://blogs.dw.com/educationblog/?p=1489#comment-277 Sat, 23 Jun 2012 21:45:00 +0000 http://blogs.dw.com/educationblog/?p=1489#comment-277 Hi, I think it is necessary to differentiate information from knowledge. The internet is certainly a rich source of information, but knowledge is the result of the transformation of information from cognitive processes to solve real problems or theoretical, seek solutions, innovate, build things that do not exist, refine theoretical models, etc.. However, no information there is no production of knowledge. In this sense the Internet can contribute a lot – despite the criticism we can make the Internet – allowing us to conclude that the digital divide also means exclusion from information and knowledge.

]]> https://blogs.dw.com/educationblog/?p=1489#comment-267 Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:30:55 +0000 http://blogs.dw.com/educationblog/?p=1489#comment-267 If higher education is artificially made a fetish, there appears a problem: Internet access means a temptation for students to plagiarise while preparing a final yearly essay. If their professors and tutors use special programmes to detect plagiarism, this megative trend will disappear. Otherwise (when professors and examiners belong to those having little wish to use a computer) it may become a habit resulting in getting a degree with rather low skills in reality.
Still, it doesn’t belittle the advantages Internet offers us!

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