title: Why internet-based education?
abstract: This essay illustrates five ways that Internet-based higher education can capitalize on fundamental principles of learning. Internet-based education can enable better mastery through distributed (shorter, more frequent) practice rather than massed (longer, less frequent) practice; it can optimize performance because it allows students to learn at their peak time of their day; it can deepen memory because it requires cheat-proof assignments and tests; it can promote critical thinking because it necessitates intellectual winnowing and sifting; and it can enhance writing skills by requiring students to write frequently and for a broad audience.
authors: Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI, USA.
authors: Morton Ann
authors: MA
authors: Gernsbacher
keywords: Internet-based learning; asynchronous learning; depth of processing; higher education; online learning; optimal time of day; writing skills
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