Internet: New Educational Focus in the Mechanical Engineering

1 Vicente Colomer Romero, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Department, Polytechnic School of Alcoy, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Paseo del Viaducto, 1 CP.38001 Alcoy, SPAIN , [email protected] 2 Samuel Sánchez Caballero, Polytechnic School of Alcoy, Polytechnic University of Valencia, [email protected] 3 T. Vicente Esquerdo Lloret, Polytechnic School of Alcoy, Polytechnic University of Valencia, [email protected] 4 José Miguel Molina Puerto, Polytechnic School of Alcoy, Polytechnic University of Valencia, [email protected] Abstract  One of the challenges of the teaching staff is to adapt to the new social changes. Therefore, it is necessary to be aware of the new developments and approaches of the professional world. Thus, teachers should adapt their teaching methods to the new educational trends. This directly affects students, who progressively adapt their learning strategies to the new methods. Therefore, the new possibilities of the new information technologies, specially Internet, for educational purposes should be analysed taking into account three possible ways of implementation: • As a complementary tool for teachers in the design of theoretical sessions. • As a complementary tool for practical sessions. • As a complementary tool for developing tutorial sessions. It is addressed to student. All these aspects are developed in more detail in this work, including some practical examples developed by the teaching staff of the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Polytechnic School of Alcoy.