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8 Issues affecting the success of Online education
la sagrada familia Boys and girls Boys and girls learn in different ways.

Ability range Is it possible for online materials to cater for all abilities?

Cultural range Can online materials cater for the multi-cultural aspects of our various societies?

Timings Is mathematics best studied in the morning?




























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9 Summer 2000 UK GCSE results
    A* A B C D E F G U C or higher
Mathematics Male 3.0 7.9 16.2 21.7 17.3 15.8 9.5 4.6 4.0 48.8
  Female 2.6 7.9 17.1 22.1 18.3 15.6 8.6 4.1 3.7 49.7
English Male 2.0 7.7 16.0 25.1 22.7 14.6 7.7 3.0 1.2 50.8
  Female 3.7 13.0 22.1 27.6 18.9 9.1 3.5 1.3 0.8 66.4
Science Male 3.3 7.1 12.3 27.0 22.4 14.8 8.1 3.1 1.9 49.7
  Female 4.6 8.9 12.9 26.9 20.8 14.0 7.5 2.8 1.6 53.3
All subjects Male 3.7 9.4 15.5 23.3 19.4 14.0 8.4 3.9 2.4 51.9
  Female 5.6 12.8 18.5 14.2 17.4 11.1 6.0 2.7 1.7 61.1























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10 Technological issues
The importance of content is the emphasis in this paper, but, despite that, issues of technology still arise. Some exemplars considered above require plugins; others use Java.

park guell The browser Keeping up with the latest version.
Plug-ins Downloading and installing
Java Automatic download: time delay
Access Availability of the internet

























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11 Finally - the future...

park guell Rate of expansion The proliferation of websites is a great strength of the Internet but also a weakness
Compatability Future technological developments must remain compatible with current technologies
Online education Conventional education will change.

How soon before students will be taking a full course, studying, revising and then taking the exam and receiving the certificate - all online?