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E-Learning: Current Scenario of Internet and Educational Learning among University Students of Punjab Pakistan
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Introduction
In present day, internet is world's largest network and through this facility billions of people are connected round the globe. Now, not only computers but also computer like devices are available in variety of shapes and connected with through internet(Shabir et al., 2015; Safdar et al., 2018). The facility of World Wide Web have make internet more fruitful due freedom of downloading and uploading data of user's interests. Before 1990's internet was limited scope and was in the ownership of some dominant companies to get access limited data in limited way. But the development of WWW by Burners-Lee created revolution in networking by giving freedom to users to upload and download information from anywhere in the world(Safdar et al., 2018b).
Information technologies, internet and computers have extraordinarily influential tools. These tools have powerful potential both to benefit and harm societies that hug those(Shabir et al., 2015c). In beneficial, internet has been used improve business, education and create meeting places even participants are away from each others. But in negatively, these technologies have also been produced new avenue for theft, fraud, distribution of pornography, hate speech and invasion of privacy(Toor, 2003).
In recent decade life without information communication technologies seems as profound and picturesque as an era before sliced bread. Now youth of today have instant access to human knowledge and information just through click of mouse or tough of finger(Khan et al., 2018). This facility sometimes, provides unparalleled opportunities for global connection, learning and innovation as never before. Along with threats, internet also best showed numerous benefits as it is potential for persistent and presenting new ideas but also unpredictable challenges for young people(Rallings, 2015; Swanbrow, 2010).
Now internet is huge collection of concepts that provide data and information from societies to individuals round the clock. From email to video...