<P> Reforms can be based on bringing education into alignment with a society's core values . Reforms that attempt to change a society's core values can connect alternative education initiatives with a network of other alternative institutions . </P> <P> The movement to use computers more in education naturally includes many unrelated ideas, methods, and pedagogies since there are many uses for digital computers . For example, the fact that computers are naturally good at math leads to the question of the use of calculators in math education . The Internet's communication capabilities make it potentially useful for collaboration, and foreign language learning . The computer's ability to simulate physical systems makes it potentially useful in teaching science . More often, however, debate of digital education reform centers around more general applications of computers to education, such as electronic test - taking and online classes . </P> <P> The idea of creating artificial intelligence led some computer scientists to believe that teachers could be replaced by computers, through something like an expert system; however, attempts to accomplish this have predictably proved inflexible . The computer is now more understood to be a tool or assistant for the teacher and students . </P> <P> Harnessing the richness of the Internet is another goal . In some cases classrooms have been moved entirely online, while in other instances the goal is more to learn how the Internet can be more than a classroom . </P>

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