New Delhi, August 24, 2016: Online Learning is the future of education in this developing world as is Adaptation and Evolution in the methods of Education.
Future might not have the space and sources for facilitated sessions or lectures or for a fact, schooling as well. As it is educational institutions are downsizing, and students are finding it extremely limiting to learn anything in a given amount of time in a closed environment with competitive and large amount of co-learners.
The Problem of Disengagement
Present schooling methods or facilitated sessions are not engaging enough for the students to achieve educational standards required to be successful in life. Among the world’s developed countries, there is growing concern about levels of student engagement in learning at school.This manifests itself most obviously in dropout rates, in poor levels of achievement, and in disengagement with what many students perceive as a boring and irrelevant experience.
Sitting through 80 minute lectures several times a day can be tiring for a student. Sometimes learning can be made a bit more fun through, Online Learning.
The Internet has become one of the vital ways to make available resources for research and learning for both teachers and students to share and acquire information. Usually students don’t take interest in studying subjects like History, Maths, Chemistry and Physics. The Internet has made online learning possible, and many researchers and educators are interested in online learning to enhance and improve student learning outcomes while combating the reduction in resources. Particularly in higher education Technology-based e-learning encompasses the use of the internet and other relevant technologies to produce materials for learning, teach learners, and also regulate courses in an organization.
E-learning refers to the use of information and communication technologies to enable the access to online learning/teaching resources. Online learning is the newest and most popular form of distance education today. Within the past decade, it has had a significant impact on post secondary education and the trend is only increasing.
Advantages of Online Learning
● Online Learning has Global Reach, Spans multiple devices and reduces cost. It is easily accessible through the internet.
● The most important feature of Online Learning is that it is Scalable and has great Capacity and Consistency and most importantly Flexibility.
● Using E- Learning Employees and Students have the freedom to learn at their own convenience.
● Encourages student-faculty contact, i.e. fostering interaction;
● Encourages cooperation among students, i.e. sharing and collaboration
● Encourages active learning attitude
● Gives prompt feedback
● Emphasizes time on task
● Communicate with high expectations
● Respect diverse talents and different ways of learning
Uses of Online Learning in Education
● The development of multimedia and information technologies, as well as the use internet as a new technique of teaching, has made radical changes in the traditional process of teaching.
● One reason why there is so much discussion around online learning is that there are many purported benefits and uses of online learning. Some of the most important ones are: its effectiveness in educating students, its use as professional development, its cost-effectiveness to combat the rising cost of post secondary education.
● The Demand will increase for Online Learning and Tutoring for this new Generation.
● Online Education has an answer to all those seeking this new age method of Online Tutoring.
Methods of Online Learning
No one can deny the importance of digital and smart technologies and the level to which they have pervaded our society. Their impact on every aspect of our daily lives is escalating exponentially and is being sensed more than ever before. Websites and electronic devices like Tablets and Personal computers are revolutionising learning.
It is undoubtful that Tablet PCs will grow more popular in the future, especially when the cost of Tablet PC is further driven down, better Tablet hardware technology is developed, growing number of discipline-specific Tablet software applications are available.
Students preparing themselves for Board exams and Competitive exams like CAT, GMAT, JEE, IAS, CBSE Board Exams, IIT, Civil services and various other examinations have the luxury to subscribe themselves to tablet learning programmes through edutech companies like Byju’s – The Learning App, which provides Adaptive Learning, Engaging videos and one on one learning where students can clear their doubts by communicating with educational experts available 24*7. Students can easily understand complex topics related to Maths Preparation or any other subject. They can go through all the important online formulas under one roof which stops them from turning pages of books for every formula. Also, available with online calculators to make their calculations easy and instant.
Corporate Comm India(CCI Newswire)
