In decades gone by it was compulsory for people to attend a school that provided learning in a classroom full of others where a set format and syllabus was followed. Today the types of learning and venues for education have expanded significantly. Technology has made knowledge more accessible to more people and online learning has become a popular way of enhancing one\'s education. There are advocates of both self paced online education and more traditional types of classroom education. When considering what the best option might be for you it can be helpful to know the advantages that online learning provides over traditional classroom education.

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Every time a new communications technology has been born, from printing presses to radio and television and now the Internet, farsighted and creative thinkers in education have been ready to use it for teaching purposes. In the last century alone we have seen technology advance from simple radio broadcasts to television in the 1950s, both of which were quickly drafted into the educational enterprise. When cable television systems began proliferating, Tennessee businessman Chris Whittle founded Channel One, which following several ownership changes is still providing news, lesson material and other programming for in-school broadcasts. Truly, educators have always been among the earliest of the early technology adopters, using anything they possibly can to augment and improve the education of their students.

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It will still be a few years (two? four?) before browsers have fully integrated the whole HTML 5 standard, but many of the new features are available today. In fact, four of the five leading browsers (Firefox, Opera, Apple\'s Safari and Google\'s Chrome) have integrated some next-gen features. Microsoft promised strong support in Internet Explorer 8, but most reviewers were underwhelmed when IE8 was released, suggesting users will have to wait for IE9. Still, with obvious commitment from all browser builders, HTML 5 is definitely on the way to becoming the new face of the Web.

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