Session 1 Shafranova Natalya
First and foremost is that this kind of getting knowledge is rather new
to us. Frankly speaking, the lecture was very interesting and absorbing. I
consider that I-learning is a great chance for people from all over the world
to get new information, knowledge and of course experience that is so
important nowadays. Another thing is that it is a great opportunity for us –
students of linguistic department – to have some practice of
communication.
As for the topic of the seminar, I must admit that information sharing
is very urgent these days. There is no doubt in the fact that getting new
information is a complicated and everlasting process (remember as people
say: “live and learn”) that involves great efforts, so it is necessary to help
others in this process.
The basis of everything is knowledge, it is very essential as I have
mentioned above, without it you won’t be able to achieve good results and
succeed in your life. And I consider it is truthful not only in the sphere of
education but in the variety of other spheres of our life (technology, mass
media, cross-cultural communication, etc). So people can take advantages
of it and use it different social needs. One of them is education. As a result
I think today I-learning is our opportunity.
It’s not much of exaggeration to say that nowadays we live in the
world of mass media, that is everywhere and we can do nothing without it.
And Internet as a part of mass media is also the thing which cannot be
dispensed with. As a matter of fact Internet provides an easy access to such
a great amount of information. Of course it can be of great use in
education.
Well if to speak about the requests. Dear Professor, I’d like to know
about the influence that mass media in general and Internet in particular
have on people. Then it would be great to listen about where such program
as I-learning is very popular or in which countries you have the same
seminars as we have. Besides, I’m very interested in culture, traditions and
customs of your country or may be some peculiar habits which reside in
Finns.
Last but not least, I’d like to thank first of all you, professor, for such
opportunity, you really do a great and important job. You give us a chance to
get more knowledge, more information and some experience in the sphere of Ilearning. And of course I’d like to send some special thanks to Ksenia
Avetisova, who made it possible to us to get acquainted with I-learning.
Sincerely yours
Natalya