As a philosophy professor, I have always been hesitant to use reading materials from the internet. In our philosophy courses, we comprehend, analyze, and discuss ideas from philosophers. While it is true that there are many available readings that we can get from the internet, most of them are simply interpretations; and worst, many of them are interpretations from interpretations. This poses the danger of not being able to have the correct understanding of the philosophical idea that we wish to understand.
Likewise, many information provided by the internet is not complete. Many significant details are not included in the articles posted. Lack of these gives a high propensity to the student misinterpreting the idea.
That is why, in most cases, we require our students to use the library where they can find books with complete details. Likewise, as much as possible, we require them to read primary works of philosophers as these materials are not yet contaminated with any bias and prejudices.
This article does not say that internet materials are absolutely useless. What I mean is that, one must be very careful in the selection of internet materials as most of them are just interpretations. The interpretations may not be accurate and tend to mislead the student. The gravest sin a teacher can commit is when in his attempt to teach his/her students, he has lead them to learn inaccurate or incorrect knowledge.
Selection of teaching materials is not only an academic duty but is more importantly a moral responsibility. Teachers mould students to become better individuals and to be successful in their chosen fields someday. If the propagation of an incorrect knowledge will be tolerated, we cannot imagine the disaster that it will bring to the succeeding generations.
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