Online education has become quite big thing over the last couple of years. It is a helpful device which can help students with their work, without having to seek out teachers. It is also useful for older people who want to educate themselves better, possibly get some more qualifications. Internet is a great source of education because on the web you can find out about almost anything. Below are some educational websites that I have analysed:
Net Frog 2002:
http://frog.edschool.virginia.edu/Frog2/
The website is pretty straight forward, in a sense that it does exactly what its suppose to; show you how to dissect a frog. This can be very helpful to some people, as dissecting a frog is not as easy as you might think. This website provides pictures of every step of the process, with detailed explenations and definitions. It gives you so much information that you don't actually need to dissect a frog if you don't want to; all you need can be found within this website. As it says on the website, "Dissecting a frog helps you learn human anatomy", and thats what makes this website very useful.
On the other side it doesn't look very appealing, it looks like a website maybe in an hour and it's not actually a simulation as much as an instruction guide showing you all the steps. Animated simulations look a lot more interesting and fun to play with therefore they would attract more people.
Science Museum Website:
http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/
This website is a bit more complex however it does contain lots of potentially useful information. There isn't much writing so it's easy to read but at the same time gives you a lot of information on the subject.
The website does exactly what it's suppose to, it's clear to read, easy to navigate yourself around it and it looks user friendly. On top of that it also has some games make online education more fun. It shows us that online education can be entertaining.
Macromedia Tutorial Website:
http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorials/Flash/1
This is a very informative website giving you a lot of pictures and videos explaining every step of the process very carefully. It uses visual learning in order to teach which is kind of like the Net Frog website however this has a lot more info on it and includes videos, not just pictures which for some people is easier to learn from. The videos are very specific and everything is always explained very carefully to make the process as easy as possible which makes this website very useful to people with less or no previous experience.
Lynda.com:
http://www.lynda.com/
Lynda.com is a very similar website to Macromedia Tutorial website however it's much more professional and it's not free; you can use a free trial but afterwards you'll have to pay to see their material. It's very organised making it easy to find exactly what you want and also has a lot of material so you can choose from a variety of videos if you're struggling with something. The Lynda website also offers videos on a much higher number of subjects than Macromedia website, but then you do have to pay for it so it's not exactly the best option for everyone.
This website is a bit more complex however it does contain lots of potentially useful information. There isn't much writing so it's easy to read but at the same time gives you a lot of information on the subject. 
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