Review Of On-Line Education

These are five educational websites that I have used, I have ranked them in order of 1 - 5. With 1 being the best and 5 the worst. Also, I have given a brief explantion to why i like/dislike the website:

1. BBC Bite size : I find this the most useful out of all the on-line education sites mainly because of the vast depth of knowledge there is on the website. It is good for revising because it tells you the most important facts then gives you a test on it to tell you how well you are doing. Also, it is based around what is found on the curricular, for example it looks at the poems you study in English and helps you to analyse it.
2. Wikipeadia / On-line Encyclopaedia : I find this useful because it has a lot if information on it and you can find what you are looking for extremely quickly. Also, most include images which help to understand what they are saying. As well as links to other relevant sites.
3. Learning Objects (e.g. The Timeline on the Science Muesem’s Website) : I find these useful if you want to find lots of information on the same subject e.g. the development on computers. Being on the internet means that media files can be attached, this is helpful because it makes remembering what you have read easier then if you were just reading blocks of text.
4. Simulations (e.g. NetFrog) : I find these useful because it means you can do experiments or things you might be afraid to do without really having to do them. It is easier to remember how to do something if you do it than if you read or are told it. But if you are to scared to actually do something or you cannot afford to do something than this is really good.
5. Sam Learning : I find it the most hardest to learn from Sam Learning because it there is very little to do. The only thing it lets you do is answer questions on certain subjects. But I find answering questions doesn’t mean that I will learn it. Also, it is multiple choice so sometimes you can get through by just guessing the answers. With this multiple choice if you get it wrong you can go back and do it again this time picking the right answer and therefore not learning the answer to the question.