Learning simulations and objects - why use them?

I have been using the website http://www.makingthemodernworld.org.uk/ to find out the purpose of the site.

The purpose of the site is to educate people on certain periods of time such as the 1960s to 2000 and what were the major events during that time period such as the creation of personal computers and information networks. By going to the time line option on the main page the user is able to chose a period of time and learn about the major events which is what I had to look at, by choosing a sub option on a period of time it give detailed explanations on what happened throughout that period for it to happen while also including interactive portions for more information that the user can interact with.

What it teaches us about online education is that children can learn large amounts of information on a website like Making the Modern world as it allows interactive interaction between the user and the information allow children to gain an understanding at their own pace by being able to back and forth between information just in case they don’t understand.