INTERNET-ENABLED EDUCATION: A PARADIGM FOR UNIVERSAL EDUCATION

摘要

According to the United Nations there are almost one billion people in the world who are illiterate. A major reason for this is that educational resources are more unevenly and unfairly distributed across the world than financial resources (Ryan, 1996). Because of this inequity close to a thousand million people are excluded from the opportunity for an education and condemned to a life of ignorance and despair (The International Consultative Forum on Education for All, 1996). No one should be denied access to education because of his or her birth that determines locale and economic situation. Today equal opportunity to education simply does not exist in this world or even in the United States. Education is fundamental to the securing of rights such as quality life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. A serious initiative toward Universal Education is necessary if humanity is to evolve to a higher level. Internet-enabled education has the potential to bring knowledge and learning to anyone on Earth, any place at any time