ONLINE EDUCATION : ONLINE EDUCATION Learning how to learn is life's most important skill."-- Anonymous
CONCEPT OF ONLINE EDUCATION : CONCEPT OF ONLINE EDUCATION Learning online is highly engaging and offers many opportunities for interaction with both fellow students and faculty members.
IMPORTANCE OF ONLINE EDUCATION : IMPORTANCE OF ONLINE EDUCATION Through video, text, audio animation and other media, the course material is engaging and immediate;
live video, synchronous chats, bulletin boards and e-mail allows you to communicate with the instructors and your fellow students.
Online learning takes the best of all types of education and brings it to your desktop.
What Should you look for? : What Should you look for? There are many factors in evaluating an online vocational program.
You'll need to look for the delivery method that best suits your needs.
And as online learning requires a certain amount of self-discipline, you may want to look at your particular learning style.
Who Uses Online Learning? : Who Uses Online Learning? A Growing Family of Learners
Both men and women use online education and training and they come from all age groups.
According to a study done by Les Burr, deputy director of student services, people tend to use the internet more as a source of education.
In fact you're part of a growing family of learners world wide that see e learning as a viable, attractive way to get the education they need.
Who Goes to School online ? : Who Goes to School online ? You may be wondering what kind of people participate in online and distance learning programs.
These students come from many different walks of life and educational backgrounds, but for the most part they are just like you and me.
They all share a desire to learn, a life with multiple interests and responsibilities and a willingness to give up some of their free time to further their education.
Getting Started in E-Learning : Getting Started in E-Learning Tips to Boost Your E-Learning Success
Welcome to the exciting world of e-learning, a revolutionary way to earn your degree or master new skills.
Unlike other recent educational innovations, e-learning is extremely student-centric.
That is, it puts the process of learning entirely at the fingertips of students.
Simply by using a computer and an Internet connection, students can learn online anytime, anywhere - and at their own pace.
Computer ABCs : Computer ABCs First, make sure that your computer skills are in good order.
At the very minimum, you should be able to comfortably send and receive email, send and receive email file attachments, browse and search the Internet, and type reasonably fast and accurately.
Necessity Skills : Necessity Skills If you're lacking in any of these areas, don't throw in the towel just yet.
Each of these skills is quite easy to master - with a bit of time and patience.
And if you need some extra help, teenagers can be good tutors.
Plus, computer-based typing programs - if you'd like to do more than hunt and peck - do a good job of teaching keyboarding skills.
E-Learning Formats : E-Learning Formats Once you feel confident about your technical skills, you're ready to get started. But where to begin?
There are a myriad of course delivery methods used in e-learning.
Perhaps the best way to find the online course format that is right for you is to consider your education needs and learning style.
Methods to browse for a course : Methods to browse for a course For instance, if you like to read, look for a course with e-books, textbooks and other required reading.
If listening is your preferred learning style, select courses that feature audio lectures or sound bytes to explain concepts.
And if you need to see how things are done, make sure that graphical demonstrations are featured to illustrate new ideas.
Selection Process : Selection Process If speaking and communication are critical to your learning style, make sure that the course or program you select offers a real-time, e-learning environment - and double-check to make sure your computer and Internet connection are up to the task
Ready . . . Set . . . Go! : Ready . . . Set . . . Go! Once you've ramped up your computer skills and know what type of e-learning format will work best for you, how do you find course providers?
The best approach is to use your newly found Internet search skills.
Try entering keywords into your browser, such as e-learning, online learning and distance education.
You'll discover a number of credible online directories that can help you refine your search.
Before you know it your fingers will be flying - and your e-learning adventure will have begun.
Why Do Students Like Online Learning? : Why Do Students Like Online Learning? Students can "attend" a course at anytime, from anywhere.
Online learning enables student-centered teaching approaches. Every student has their own way of learning that works best for them.
Course material is accessible 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Students have the ability to read and re read lectures, discussions, explanations and comments.
Online course development allows for a broad spectrum of content.
Merits of Online Learning : Merits of Online Learning In an online environment, attendance to class is only evident if the student actually participates in classroom discussion.
Online instructors come with practical knowledge and may be from any location across the globe. This allows students to be exposed to knowledge that can't be learned in books and see how class concepts are applied in real business situations.
Using the internet to attend class, research information and communication with other students teaches skills in using technologies that will be critical to workers.
Merits of learning online : Merits of learning online Participating online is much less intimidating than "in the classroom." Anonymity provides students a level playing field undisturbed by bias caused by seating arrangement, gender, race and age.
Because online institutions often offer "chat rooms" for informal conversation between students, where student bios and non class discussions can take place, there appears to be a increased bonding and camaraderie over traditional class environments.
The online environment makes instructors more approachable.
Provisions in online learning : Provisions in online learning Online classrooms also facilitate team learning by providing chat rooms and newsgroups for meetings and joint work.
This eliminates the problems of mismatched schedules, finding a meeting location and distributing work for review between meetings.
Opening in online learning : Opening in online learning Students often comment that online learning lets them attend class when fully awake and attend in increments of convenient time block, rather than rigid 2 or 4 hour stretches once or twice a week.
Because there are no geographic barriers to online learning, students can find a diversity of course material that may not be available to them where they live or work.
Who Teaches Online? : Who Teaches Online? One of the many advantages of online learning includes accessibility to instructors who are leaders in their fields.
Several teachers are representative of the high quality professionals teaching online.
Some online instructors received their own degrees online!
All types of professionals share their knowledge and expertise
Different People with several attitudes : Different People with several attitudes You'll find lawyers and accountants, CEO's, computer programmers, college professors and psychologists sharing their experiences and knowledge to the thousands and thousands of students that go to class online.
Becoming an Online Instructor : Becoming an Online Instructor Why are so many teachers, professionals and subject matter experts becoming members of the online teaching community?
The motives are many and they are both personal as well as professional reasons. Let's look at several . . .
Merits of online teaching : Merits of online teaching Online teaching allows for 24/7 access to class materials, online classrooms etc.
This allows part time instructors with full time jobs the ability to perform their teaching duties at their convenience.
More opportunities to teach
Indisputable records of class participation
24/7 access to business research, online journals and magazines
This approach, combined with the online environment that can be accessed from anywhere in the world, makes it possible for more people to teach and earn extra income.
Merits of online learning : Merits of online learning Offer continuing education sessions
Keeps faculty on track with what's new with the organization.
Most universities that have an online presence offer their facilitators and instructors, even those that are part-time a substantial tuition discount.
The online environment provides an opportunity for community that surpasses those for on the ground instructors.
Lounges also exist to bring together teachers of like topics.
Immediate, private correction can be made, putting the student back on course.
Tuition for E-Learning: What is Reasonable? : Tuition for E-Learning: What is Reasonable? what is a reasonable price to pay for an e Learning degree?
Research reveals that the cost of online education is frequently the same as conventional education.
Move into the online world, however, and many of us wonder what is reasonable. This is because we're in unfamiliar territory and we've heard stories of exorbitant tuition and fees. In actual fact, there isn't a lot of difference.
Average Annual Undergraduate Tuitionand Fees and Room andBoard Rates Paid by Full-time-equivalent Students in Degree-granting Institutions : Average Annual Undergraduate Tuitionand Fees and Room andBoard Rates Paid by Full-time-equivalent Students in Degree-granting Institutions
Comparison : Comparison By comparison, you can decide if the cost of the online degree you're considering is reasonable. Remember the tuition listed is above is annual and the concept that value is subjective, and be sure to factor in all the variables.
In our estimation, online learning is a great value and offers students a wide range of choices.
Suggestions : Suggestions If you're thinking about an online degree, what you should not do is measure tuition against traditional education until you get a good representative sampling from the online world, then, factor in costs normally associated with on-campus programs.
As we've said, in some cases it's more expensive; for others it's comparable or even less.
Your due diligence in investigating the cost of online degrees should be a part of your search for an online school just as with a traditional brick and mortar school.
Only then will you have a true feel for the great variety that permeates both modes of education.
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